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Battered mail-order brides seek rights
CNN ^ | November 7, 2005 | Reuters

Posted on 11/07/2005 10:00:36 AM PST by HOTTIEBOY

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- It took Natasha a day trip to Moscow to find the American husband she had dreamed of. It took the next six years to get out of the nightmare that followed. A music teacher from central Russia, she was one of 200 Russian women who patiently lined up at a Moscow restaurant to meet 10 American men at a gathering hosted by a mail-order bride agency. She spoke no English but immediately caught the eye of one of the men, 16 years her senior. He was handsome and said he wanted the same things she did: a loving family and children. They went to museums and the theater with an interpreter, and he started the paperwork to bring her to the United States as his wife. The fairy tale ended eight months later. Natasha, who would only be identified using a pseudonym, had barely set foot in the United States when her new husband began to abuse her sexually, disappeared for weeks at a stretch, threatened anyone who tried to befriend her and forced her to sign a post-nuptial agreement. Thrown out of their house after two years of abuse, Natasha was left to fend for herself in an unfamiliar country with minimal English skills and no legal documents to work. 'Expensive toy' "He told me I was the most expensive toy he ever bought," said Natasha,

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mail; mailorderbride; women
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To: Petronski

What would everyone have crass cross purposes?


101 posted on 11/07/2005 12:36:21 PM PST by x5452
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To: ASA Vet; cyborg; fortunecookie

See #61. An oldie but a goodie. LOL


102 posted on 11/07/2005 12:38:56 PM PST by Petronski (Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
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To: x5452

No, not everyone.


103 posted on 11/07/2005 12:40:04 PM PST by Petronski (Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
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To: Erasmus

LOL


104 posted on 11/07/2005 12:40:49 PM PST by Triggerhippie (Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.)
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To: Petronski

Mail order bride stuff is pretty creepy to me. Just my opinion.


105 posted on 11/07/2005 1:59:27 PM PST by cyborg (I'm on the 24 plan having the best day ever.)
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To: HOTTIEBOY

Clue number one that Mr. Dreamboat is more likely a leaky dinghy:

A handsome, cultured, suave mature male with a certain minimal level of affluence has to travel to a foreign country to find a mate at a cattle-call, without even a shared language.


106 posted on 11/07/2005 2:28:49 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Money-to-brains ratio leans too far to the later.


107 posted on 11/07/2005 2:42:10 PM PST by HOTTIEBOY (Maybe in your house. Not in mine.)
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To: ApplegateRanch

You've nailed it.


108 posted on 11/07/2005 2:48:45 PM PST by Petronski (Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
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To: HOTTIEBOY

bump


109 posted on 11/07/2005 2:49:32 PM PST by NYC Republican
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To: old and tired
This lady's husband is undoubtedly no prize, but something about her story just doesn't ring true.

If she claims abuse, she can divorce him, get money, and get to stay in the US as well

110 posted on 11/07/2005 2:52:40 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (I do what the voices in lazamataz's head tell me to)
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To: ApplegateRanch
A handsome, cultured, suave mature male with a certain minimal level of affluence has to travel to a foreign country to find a mate at a cattle-call, without even a shared language.

On the other hand, if one wishes to obtain a gemstone, one must travel to where the gemstones can be found in abundance. Especially if one finds himself surrounded by slag heaps.

111 posted on 11/07/2005 2:56:48 PM PST by Freebird Forever (If they're truly public servants, why do they live in mansions?)
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To: ken5050

Interesting site, but they should have to tell what they're in for.


112 posted on 11/07/2005 3:24:06 PM PST by Jason_b
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To: ASA Vet

Ouch. That hurts my eyes. Please turn it off.


113 posted on 11/07/2005 3:31:20 PM PST by Jason_b
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To: Mr. Jeeves

I've seen American women who just go ga-ga over a guy with a foreign accent. I suppose there is something intriguing to many about someone from another culture or a different background. I think that could be some of the attraction for finding mates overseas.

I also agree that American women have often become too demanding and too difficult to impress. It used to be a woman was happy to have a man who was faithful and a good father. Now, he's got to be pulling down 100K in addition or they think they have grounds for divorce.


114 posted on 11/07/2005 3:33:15 PM PST by Tall_Texan (HOUSTON ASTROS - NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2005)
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To: Semper Paratus

That bout summs it up don't it ;-)


115 posted on 11/07/2005 5:56:08 PM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: Drew68

If it works out, wonderful. If it doesn't than my marriage would be no different from about 50% of the marriages where both parties were American


You're probably right. You would probably be taking the same chance on the success of the marriage if she were American. My best of luck to you both. Have a safe trip.


116 posted on 11/08/2005 5:08:02 AM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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To: Hammerhead

Hear about the new Tempura Shelter for slighly battered women?

No I havn't. Of course, I've never been battered. No man would dare. He'd have too many of my heavily armed male relatives using him for target practice.


117 posted on 11/08/2005 5:10:35 AM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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To: x5452
I disagree, Former Soviet Women are extremely old fashioned and family oriented women. What they are not is subservient, or afraid to say what's on ther mind.

My personal experience is very limited, and therefore I'll defer to your judgment even though my personal experience differs. Oh, and I completely agree that Russian women speak their mind and are in no way subservient.

118 posted on 11/08/2005 7:21:49 AM PST by Smedley
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To: Fierce Allegiance; Owl_Eagle
"I really want to make a battered versus plain crack here, but I'd probably get slammed for it."

My friend has a shirt that says, "Over 50,000 Battered Women, And All This Time I Have Been Eating Them Plain"

Is that the crack you were afraid to make?

119 posted on 11/08/2005 8:00:29 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

And interesting to note, the Mail Order Bride Law was just given an injunction by a federal judge who says flat out that this violates the First and Fifth Amendments.

http://usaimmigrationattorney.com/images/CourtOrderTRO.pdf

http://www.imbra.org.


120 posted on 03/08/2006 3:43:52 PM PST by warpsmith
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