Comments | marcus_sez_vote: Traditional Exploit

marcus_sez_vote

Traditional Exploit

Jun 05, 2009 11:28

While this may not actually be a widespread phenomenon (as there is not enough data to support that), it is still very sad that these villagers in China were scammed out of several years of farming income. One child policy plus preference for boys plus 32 million more men than women plus bride prices equals exploitable circumstance for con artists ( Read more... )

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allhailkatt June 5 2009, 16:53:53 UTC

Huh. It looks like women are almost starting to be valued.

Or something.

marcus_sez_vote June 5 2009, 17:29:01 UTC

Hopefully valued as equals rather than purely in terms of a monetary sense. This kind of criminal activity is tame compared to human trafficking/kidnapping for wives.

Be well.

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marcus_sez_vote June 5 2009, 17:27:46 UTC

Well that's something that's been going on for years with "mail order" brides for wealthy Americans/Europeans with the women coming from South America, Asia/South Asia, and Russia. Money changes hands, but it's also so that the wife can get a green card/permanent residency.

Money makes the world go round or something.

Be well.