RillyNiceGuy wrote:Many men may be looking for a weak wife. I want a woman to be equal. But I don't need a boss and she does not either. The problem is that two are working as two seperate. The two should be working together to make their lives better and the childrens life better. Too many men want woman to serve them and the women want the men to serve them. I amit there are many men that need someone to guide them like children and the same is so for some women. I don't want a weak woman, I do want a strong woman, but not one who thinks she should rule. I want a wife that is equal and we together use sound logic to create a better life. Niether shaming the other in public or private. I don't think I will ever find a woman that won't bitch and try to control alone. I will not have that! I will not try to rule alone, I am a giving person....but I will not let her take....I can't give if another takes. Many women are full of self centered activities....and only have use for the man's service or money. Many Asian women from poor areas desire a better life, but also want to have a family, to love and be loved working side by side even in the fields with her husband for the family. They have in them a natural affection and love for a spouse who will treat them equal with love and respect.
Not trying to argue, but debate.....
Have you been to Asia? Have you known intimately Asian people, Asian women? Much of what you say here is stereotyping. May I describe my experience of Asia and Asian women?
I made a friend of an Asian woman when I was at university. We went to China together to visit her family. She and her husband were studying in the States. He stayed behind. I knew both of them in the States and was able to observe their relationship. I also knew her intimately and observed her as an individual, as well as meeting and spending time, in China, with her mother, mother in law, sister inlaw, etc. and talking to her extensively about her culture and her position as a woman in her culture. What I learned is that Asian women are not unassertive; in fact, they are the rulers of the household, they have just learned how to do it in a backhanded way. They adhere to the outward mores of their culture in that they appear to be subservient to the man and the man has the last say. However, this is seldom true because they have learned to be master manipulators---in a good way--I'm not saying this is bad, but that they have learned to manage things in the family as well as Western women. The difference is that they have to do it through the back door rather than openly. It is actually rather sad, and they appear to be rather harsh because of it...manipulation is not as nice as straighforwardness. I should also say she is not the only Asian woman I have been very close to; my best friend in the States is a Japanese American and my best friend in Germany is a Vietnamese French woman married to a German. I tend to get along with Asian women very well--which would be ironic because I myself am so independent and assertive, if they were not so. But they are, just not openly.
The poor women of Asia who look for husbands in the West are willing to be subservient in order to have a better life economically...and they hope to have a bit more freedom and possibly be treated better because of the culture....however, they do not come to this situation as equals....I have no respect for men who search in Asia for a wife...I believe they are looking for someone who will 'give no trouble.'
To assume that all Western women are harpies because they are strong and independent is incorrect thinking, I believe. In the end, people are individuals, some are aggressive and harsh, some are not...