Russian Bride Guide

If you’re a relatively minor blogger, it’s actually quite nice to get spam. Even if it is thinly disguised as a comment. Yesterday the blog was graced by a visit from Russian Bride Guide, which left a comment on Why Russian Women Don’t Marry Russian Men. I found the comment quite revealing. Quote:

However, for the informed man who knows what he is looking for, he can find a superb, SLIM, sexy wife in Russia.

Capitalising ‘SLIM’ just shows the naive prejudice and obsession with skinny. I think some honestly believe there is some kind of ‘Thin Gene’ in Russia. Hmmmm, maybe the ‘Thin Gene’ was stolen from German laboratories during the war along with Von Braun’s rocket science secrets. Or maybe skinny blondes were developed by the Nazis in South America alongside the Boys From Brazil . . .

Russsian Bride Guide obviously didn’t stay around here long enough to read my cogent explanation of ‘Why Are All Russian Women So Skinny‘. (Which, thankfully, they aren’t.)

And like the fanciful stereotype in the pic - which I snagged from a computer game - they don’t wear torn tights either, even in the height of combat. It just ain’t dyevushka style.

You can be concerned about companies like Russian Bride Guide who are unashamed flesh peddlers, but somehow I find peddling these kind of myths equally upsetting.

(Related buzz on this perennial topic currently under Ukrainian Man Syndrome and Who Is Looking For Russian Men? )

March 19th, 2009 at 3:34 pm

Golly Gosh! My very own entry on the copy dude! It would be impolite of me not to respond.

Capitalisation of “SLIM” in my former post does not reflect a naive prejudice and obsession with skinny as you suggest; rather an appreciation for women who look after themselves.

The pursuit of slimness (which differs to skinny) is a common denominator in men seeking a mate from Russia and the FSU. In part, this driven by mens despair at the McDonalds munchers one can find at home. Seeking a wife who looks after herself is not a crime; nor should it be.

I am amused by your description of me as an “unashamed flesh peddler” - a clearly untrue statement. One wonders if you did your homework at all before penning your article?

But then again, what do I know? I only wrote the book and operate the busiest Russian women information forum on the net.