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mail-order brides  

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  • Mail-order bride, a somewhat derogatory term, is used to describe a woman who advertises her desire to marry someone from a more developed country. Traditionally, Mail-order brides were unable to meet or contact the men who had selected them for marriage from a print catalog. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Mail-Order Brides]

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