| The rapidly increasing economic pressure and the wish to create a happy stable family have made Russian females turn to the West in search of a better life. The present Russian trend is to marry overseas men. The number of marriage services promoting cross-cultural marriages goes up each year.
Most Russian cannot even dream of being housewives. The changeable economic situation has forced women to take up jobs to provide for their families. Rare are cases when Russian males can earn enough, thus that their wives may stay at home. Russian ladies consider it very hard to make a career and are lower-paid than their male counterparts. Even a successful career does not guarantee a good standard of living.
Educated Russian females find it easier to get used to a western way of life. They are sure that marriage to an overseas male will enable them to find a better life for themselves. The ability to combine a career with domestic obligations makes them excellent wives for foreign males.
Social and economic pressures have turned a large percentage of Russian males to alcohol addicts. Moreover, Russian males usually spend time with friends, chase after other women, drink and are unwilling to help about the house.
The current demographic situation in Russia leaves a lot to be desired, too. Women outnumber men by around 12 % in the age group of 30 and above. Hence, Russian ladies have fewer chances of meeting a suitable husband in the homeland.
Those who lack confidence, put up with the terrible behavior of their husbands, others leave. A lot of Russian females assume that western males make better husbands, since they are more liberated, family-oriented in comparison with Russian men, and will help about the house.
Therefore, desperate Russian girls leave the motherland in search of stable, economically secure life overseas. In their quest for a stable and financially secure life, Russian women are even open to marriage to mature western men.
As for overseas men, the speedily increasing divorce rate and a decline in family values have made many overseas males turn to Russian brides for emotional comfort. |
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