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17 Nov 2013, 12:07 am

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There are already slightly more women than men in the US. Maybe the women aren't the problem, here.

American women have a wide rep, for better or worse, of being extraordinarily picky, compared to women of other cultures.



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17 Nov 2013, 7:41 am

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There are already slightly more women than men in the US. Maybe the women aren't the problem, here.


Yeah, but in Taiwan, 20% of the marriages are between a Taiwanese husband and a foreign wife. Which might put some pressure on Taiwanese ladies to reduce their pickiness and tow the line.

If a divorce occurs, a Taiwanese ex-husband might have more options than his ex-wife. Which would seem to give the wives an incentive to please. :wink:



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17 Nov 2013, 8:14 am

LKL wrote:
There are already slightly more women than men in the US. Maybe the women aren't the problem, here.


Actually, slightly more boys than girls are born. But, women outlive men. Lots more widows than widowers. Once you move on to your retirement community, you no longer have the situation of too many dicks on the dance floor.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wl_uQOABxg[/youtube]

With a bit of Viagra, a geezer who lives long enough can have the time of his life.

I don't know at what age the ratio of men to women evens out, but I suspect that it is past the breeding age.



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17 Nov 2013, 3:44 pm

ArrantPariah wrote:
I don't know at what age the ratio of men to women evens out, but I suspect that it is past the breeding age.

past the breeding age, health problems tend to crop up which put the kibosh on things, Viagra or no Viagra.



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17 Nov 2013, 6:22 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWT19QPZ6KE[/youtube]



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17 Nov 2013, 6:35 pm

^^^
but if there really were a loving god, poor men would also have been given similar divine dispensation as richer men.



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17 Nov 2013, 7:19 pm

Well, thanks for shooting down the proof. Before you mentioned that, it did seem like the poet had made a pretty solid case.



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17 Nov 2013, 7:24 pm

ArrantPariah wrote:
Well, thanks for shooting down the proof. Before you mentioned that, it did seem like the poet had made a pretty solid case.

sorry but I didn't mean to shoot down anything, I was just opining about something I believe the fella left out. actually I know god loves us [because ben franklin told us so way back when] because he gave us yummy cheese to eat and cold beer to wash it down with. :)



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18 Nov 2013, 10:02 am

Well, okay. I don't see any holes in that proof.



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27 Nov 2013, 9:34 pm

A Korean drama that some of you might enjoy:

http://www.gooddrama.net/korean-drama/hanoi-bride

relevant to the topic of Vietnamese brides.



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10 Dec 2013, 6:45 pm

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...In a patriarchal culture....


Since the P-word has been invoked:

I was reading recently that Thai culture (at least in the country's NorthEast, or Issan region, which provides most of the executive ejaculatory administrators in the tourist areas, and most of the wives for Western gentlemen) is more matriarchal than patriarchal, with extremely strong ties between mother and daughter. Traditionally, a man who marries an Issan girl may move into her parents' house. But, neither he nor her father seem to count for a whole heck of a lot. The eldest daughter has the bulk of the responsibility of taking care of her mother.

The Philippines may have been similarly matriarchal prior to the invasions of the Spaniards and the Americans.

In other countries, like Korea, the man is number one, is expected to take care of his parents, and he will eventually inherit the family business and property. His wife moves into the house and kowtows to his parents.

I wonder if Vietnam is similarly patriarchal, which might explain Korean and Chinese preference for Vietnamese wives versus Thai wives? In Thailand, a Western husband seems to be the goal for many young ladies. Maybe we're more accustomed to kowtowing to the wife and mother-in-law?



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10 Dec 2013, 7:05 pm

Let us now invoke the M word,just to be fair.Customs in other parts of Asia.
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10 Dec 2013, 10:09 pm

I think that we're allowed to say "Matriarchy."

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... matriarchy

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Is China's Mosuo tribe the world's last matriarchy?

Women from the Mosuo tribe do not marry, take as many lovers as they wish and have no word for "father" or "husband". But the arrival of tourism and the sex industry is changing their culture

...what makes the Mosuo unique is their practice of zuo hun, or "walking marriage". From the age of 13, after being initiated, females may choose to take lovers from men within the tribe, having as many or as few as they please over their lifetime. Male companions are known as axias and spend their days carrying out jobs such as fishing and animal rearing, and visit the women's homes at night, often secretly; any resulting children are raised by the woman's family. The father and all adult men are known as "uncles" – there is no stigma attached to not knowing who a child's father is.

As commerce tries to elbow tradition out of the way and younger generations of the Mosuo are tempted by outside influence, a darker, seedier side has emerged in recent years. Tourism is booming, and the Chinese government is keen to market and monetise the Mosuo to Chinese tourists, even installing a toll booth charging $5 to enter the area from the newly laid main road. Curious and frisky visitors are lured in by the suggestion that the Mosuo women offer free sex – hotels, restaurants, casinos and karaoke bars have been built, and sex workers shipped over from Thailand dress in Mosuo traditional dress in the "capital village", Luoshu.

"Arriving in Luoshu was a shock – it was tacky and not how I expected," says Locatelli. "There were a lot of people asking for money: bar owners and prostitutes that are obviously not Mosuo – it's all geared towards male Chinese tourists."...