Men in America who migrated to the West during the mid 18th century found financial success but, did not have anyone of the opposite sex to share it with because there were so few women living in west at that time. The promise of building a family was bleak, thus making their lineage dim. The solution that these men thought of was to write about their success to churches in the East, in which it was read from the pulpit encouraging women to migrate to West, as a companion for those men.
Today, the system of Filipina mail order brides was supposedly abolished by the Philippine congress in 1990 through Republic Act 6955 or the Anti-Mail- Order Bride Law. This law prohibits the business of organizing and facilitating marriages between foreign men and Filipinas. This was done to protect the Filipino women from getting abused by their foreign husbands.
Despite the law, people have come up with more subtle approaches to continue with this kind of business to earn a lot of money. Dating sites, and reverse publications (this is where the male advertise themselves so that the females can contact them) are a modern form of mail-order brides. It somehow focuses on dating but actually it almost always ends up in the same way. With the foreign man coming over for a visit and they get married, then after a certain period the wife will follow to settle with the man in his country of origin.
In the classical type of system, the man would have to spend thousands of dollars that could reach up to US$10,000 or more. At least 10% would go to the family of the Filipina that would serve as dowry in exchange for their daughter's hand, while the rest will go to the agency or people involved in between. In dating sites, the owners post links and offer promos that would attract the men to avail of their extra services. They have links of traveling agencies offering tour packages good for two to different tourist destinations in the Philippines or anywhere around the world. Special discounts are given to those who avail of the promo through some dating sites. Some offer promos in passport and visa processing for their Filipina interest so they could go abroad after the man visits and marries the lady in the Philippines.
There are different reasons though as to why a Filipina would register to these dating sites, and that goes for the foreign men as well. As long as both parties are happy, content and come into agreement then why find fault in it? It is the responsibility of the Filipina women to sift their online partners the best way they can to determine whether or not the intentions and motives of these men are true. As for the men, they should rely on better judgment and common sense when it comes to establishing a relationship online. With these observations, dating sites can be an avenue for Filipina mail order brides.
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