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21 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 153 (2014-2015)
Mail Order Feminism

handle is hein.journals/wmjwl21 and id is 165 raw text is: MAIL ORDER FEMINISM MARCIA ZUG* I. THE MARRIAGE CRISIS A. Marriage Exclusion B. What American Women Want II. THE MAIL ORDER SOLUTION A. Feminism's Rejects B. Mail Order Husbands: Weirdos, Losers and Abusers 1. Trafficking 2. Mail Order Abuse C. Immigration Law Protects Mail Order Brides D. Undocumented Foreign Brides III. MAIL ORDER FEMINISM A. Modern Mail Order Bride Bans 1. The Philippines'Ban 2. Cambodia B. Mail Order Equality 1. Mail Order Marriage and Feminism 2. American Husbands Do Housework 3. Desperate? C. Marriage for Sale CONCLUSION Maybe there will always be people who question the validity of our bond. To them, I say, It's real, it's there! Till death do us part. I believe that it's not so much how you get married but what you make of your marriage that matters.... I didn't expect to find love when I signed up with that agency, but I did. I feel very, very lucky.' Why would a man seek to marry a woman he has never met? Why would a woman agree? The common assumption is the man is looking for a woman he can dominate and the bride is a woman desperate enough to say yes.2 This characterization is ubiquitous and it explains * Marcia Zug is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law. 1. Lera Loeb, Yes, This Woman is a Mail Order Bride, GLAMoUR MAGAZINE (June 1, 2009), http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/2009/06/yes-this-woman-is-a-mai-order-bride, archived at http://perma.cc/93QC-UH3T (describing her marriage). 2. Id. (Most people never think of a 27-year-old career woman like me when they hear the words mail-order bride. They imagine someone who doesn't speak English, who's been

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