MAIL ORDER SPOUSESJamie Luger, Maria Fruechte, Connor Smith

DO YOU WANT A MAIL ORDER SPOUSE?• Mail Order spouses are when a man or woman list themselves online or in

catalogs to be selected by the opposite sex to be married!

• The US along with many other countries allow mail order marriages to be legal.

• Russia is the main exporter of mail order wives

TopTenz

Started in mid 1800’s, in the

western frontier.

ETHICS (MORALS) OF MAIL ORDER BRIDES

Tradition

Abuse

Prostitution; how is it different?

SeattlePi

REAL-LIFE STORY

* Met her husband who was from the US in Ukraine.* He started out acting as a gentlemen but once she was in the US he turned domineering towards her* He abused his power over her* Abused her son* And treated her like a slave

Marie Claire

SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS• What are the stigmas?

• Forums for mail order brides

• Who are the people purchasing these spouses?

POLITICS OF MAIL-ORDERED BRIDES

• K-1 Visa

• Protecting Brides

REAL-WORLD CONNECTIONS

90 Day Fiancé- TLC

UncleCousin

MAIL ORDER

HUSBANDS

Mailorderhusands.net

SOURCES

• Pulkkinen, Levi. "Rapist of Mail-order Bride Lied to Bring Woman into U.S." Seattlepi.com. Seattlepi, 14 May 2014. Web. 09 Apr. 2015.

• Zalan, Kira. "My Life as a Mail-Order Bride." Marie Claire. Marie Claire, 6 Oct. 2010. Web. 09 Apr. 2015

• "Reviews of the Top 10 Mail Order Brides Websites." 2015. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.

• "Mail Order Brides." Mail Order Brides. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.

• McElroy, Wendy. 'Male-Order Bride' Law Brands All American Men Abusers. 10 January 2006. April 2015 <http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/01/10/mail-order-bride-law-brands-all-american-men-abusers/>.

• Order A Husband." MailOrderHusbandsNet. MailOrder HusbandsNet, n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2015.

• Rice, Beverly. Mail Order Brides and the K-1 Visa. December 2009. April 2015 <https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/mail-order-brides-and-the-k-1-visa>.