Comments on: USA, Singapore: On Buying Brides with Credit Cards

By: rolfen

rolfen — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:43:31 +0000

Although i dont support mail-order brides, this phenomenon has been going on for ages, and I dont think a bit of outcy is going to stop it. Therefore I think the best approach is to legalize it and educate these women towards what they must expect and the rights that they have if things go bad.
I think the most effective way of fighting objectification of women is to grant them more rights in marriage, educate them about divorce, and higher their education and opportunities in the poor countries they come from.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:55:52 +0000

Buying a bride???according to our great grand mothers,the man have to woe a woman for ten years and the man have to serve the family of a woman by fitching waters..etc. to prove his love is pure ofcourse with matching “harana” a filipino culture of singing love songs for the lady.
now a man can just have a stranger for 10,000 USD.
do they respect and really love each other? as if your buying an expensive toy….

By: Derek Everage

Derek Everage — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:34:55 +0000

It is trully a shame when we have to order women from other (poorer) countries to be satisfied with what we can consider our soul mates, its a shame that our realaticonships with american women are so bad/ or so strained that we feel theres no hope or chance for anything positive to develope, more important is the thought of some perverts wanting to order young vunerable babies who might not even speak the language just to elevate their low self esteem and live out their twisted fantasies.

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By: Solana Larsen

Solana Larsen — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:30:53 +0000

Craig, the problem is not that women are foreign. It is that they are being bought and sold like property, and are at great risk of abuse. If you have any appreciation for women’s rights you should be concerned. If not, I don’t imagine you care to read this post carefully.

Booya, I hope you are joking.

By: Jean-Louis K

Jean-Louis K — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:13:52 +0000

Women are to be respected, we all come from their wombs.

This traffick has to be stopped, likewise female circumcision too.

We have to tap on our culture on the way our fore fathers were accustomed and lived in peace and harmony.

The blame is shared by the buyer and the seller.

If, I have to put a price on the lady that I would like to marry, the relation is doomed and the foundation is more than shaky.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:35:12 +0000

What’s wrong with a foreign bride? American women don’t like it because they don’t like the competition. Maybe american women ought to seek their fortune in Singapore if they think it is so great.

By: Keiko

Keiko — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:54:11 +0000

Human trafficking of women, such as mail-order brides, is a growing problem that knows no boundaries. A great victory to have Diners Club stop making this practice easier but there is still much more to be done before women are no longer treated as chattel. The UN Rapporteur on Violence against Women noted: ‘the lack of rights afforded to women serves as the primary causative factor at the root of both women’s migration and traffi cking in women [...]. By failing to protect and promote women’s civil, political, economic and social rights, Governments create situations in which trafficking flourishes. [read more and contribute to the debates on http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/Trafficking_of_Women

By: Booya

Booya — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:00:00 +0000

167/month is really affordable. Can y ou guys recommend an agency?