When survival means self-sacrifice, the only option for some women is to become a mail-order bride and marry a stranger from a foreign land. Inspired by true stories, Export Quality traces the ...

The term “Mail Order Bride” originated on the American frontier in the 19th century. At that time, the number of men on the frontier far outnumbered the number of available women, and lonely farmers ...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has strongly protested a joke made by actor Alec Baldwin about getting a Filipina mail-order bride, describing it as "insensitive," Manila's foreign ministry said on ...

The concept of mail-order brides is something of a mystery to most of us. A product fiction of days gone by that no longer exists in our modern world. For some, though, it’s their reality. In fact, ...

For 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 studying the ...

The Austin Chronicle, a popular alternative weekly newspaper in Texas, has issued a moratorium on all sponsored content amid a slew of criticism over a since-removed ad promoting Asian mail-order ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Alec Baldwin's joke about getting a Filipino mail-order bride provoked a sharp response in the Philippines, with one senator saying Monday that the "30 Rock" star faces ...

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 The term "mail-order bride" was treated as a punch line -- something outdated, ...