Has… Has the Economist not heard about mail order brides before? That shit goes back decades (and arguably further, but there was no major feminist movement to “avoid”, so the motives were different).
Spoiler alert: It goes poorly. Usually, the women are looking to escape the traditional values of wherever they’re from, with a cosmopolitan, open-minded Western man (and also money). So, there’s a bit of a mismatch.
Has… Has the Economist not heard about mail order brides before? That shit goes back decades (and arguably further, but there was no major feminist movement to “avoid”, so the motives were different).
Spoiler alert: It goes poorly. Usually, the women are looking to escape the traditional values of wherever they’re from, with a cosmopolitan, open-minded Western man (and also money). So, there’s a bit of a mismatch.