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From ‘mail-order brides’ to ‘passport bros,’ the international dating industry often sells traditional gender roles

  • Written by Julia Meszaros, Associate Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University-Commerce
From ‘mail-order brides’ to ‘passport bros,’ the international dating industry often sells traditional gender rolesFor many American men, the draw of the international dating industry is the idea of 'more traditional' women.Kurgenc/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Fifteen years ago, when I started studyingthe international dating industry, few people took the subject seriously. The term “mail-order bride” was treated as a punch line – something...

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