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DO YOU WANT A MAIL ORDER SPOUSE?• Mail Order spouses are when a man or woman list themselves online or in
catalogs to be selected by the opposite sex to be married!
• The US along with many other countries allow mail order marriages to be legal.
• Russia is the main exporter of mail order wives
TopTenz
Started in mid 1800’s, in the
western frontier.
ETHICS (MORALS) OF MAIL ORDER BRIDES
Tradition
Abuse
Prostitution; how is it different?
SeattlePi
REAL-LIFE STORY
* Met her husband who was from the US in Ukraine.* He started out acting as a gentlemen but once she was in the US he turned domineering towards her* He abused his power over her* Abused her son* And treated her like a slave
Marie Claire
SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS• What are the stigmas?
• Forums for mail order brides
• Who are the people purchasing these spouses?
REAL-WORLD CONNECTIONS
90 Day Fiancé- TLC
UncleCousin
SOURCES
• Pulkkinen, Levi. "Rapist of Mail-order Bride Lied to Bring Woman into U.S." Seattlepi.com. Seattlepi, 14 May 2014. Web. 09 Apr. 2015.
• Zalan, Kira. "My Life as a Mail-Order Bride." Marie Claire. Marie Claire, 6 Oct. 2010. Web. 09 Apr. 2015
• "Reviews of the Top 10 Mail Order Brides Websites." 2015. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.
• "Mail Order Brides." Mail Order Brides. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.
• McElroy, Wendy. 'Male-Order Bride' Law Brands All American Men Abusers. 10 January 2006. April 2015 <http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/01/10/mail-order-bride-law-brands-all-american-men-abusers/>.
• Order A Husband." MailOrderHusbandsNet. MailOrder HusbandsNet, n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2015.
• Rice, Beverly. Mail Order Brides and the K-1 Visa. December 2009. April 2015 <https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/mail-order-brides-and-the-k-1-visa>.