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Re:How the Internet Gave Mail-Order Brides the Power by thaumasiotes on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @06:32PM (#14198762)
Summary: the internet gave mail-order filipina brides power because internet access is such a high bar that there are relatively few filipina women available to be found on the internet. The article specifically notes that local, internetless women often poach men who have arrived to visit the girl they met on the internet.
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Re:How the Internet Gave Mail-Order Brides the Power by zem on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @07:33PM (#14199211)
no, it gave them power because they could vet the men beforehand. pre-internet they had to put out their information and hope to be enticing, but had no reciprocal visibility into the men who wanted them.
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Re:How the Internet Gave Mail-Order Brides the Power by emodendroket on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @09:23PM (#14199759)
That doesn't sound right.
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Re:How the Internet Gave Mail-Order Brides the Power by ldargin on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @11:31PM (#14200223)
Probably most Filipinas have some degree of internet access now (i.e. free Facebook), but attracting a mate online is a special skill.
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Re:How the Internet Gave Mail-Order Brides the Power by emodendroket on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @06:42AM (#14201961)
Maybe, but that's not a summary of the article.
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