# Whats the appeal of Filipina women? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 13, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623 "2012-09-13T19:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/81 "2013-01-21T15:27:38Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > A Filipino here. All I can say is I’m glad ‘LBFM’ wasn’t used by more than a couple of posters and \*\*‘MOBs’ \*\*are viewed the same way on the American side. Um, what does MOB stand for? Any classier than LBFM?:o ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/82 "2013-01-21T15:30:36Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > Um, what does MOB stand for? Any classier than LBFM?:o Mail-order bride? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/83 "2013-01-22T15:02:00Z")
I’ve heard of LBFM. :rolleyes: Possibly because I _am_ a brown girl. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/84 "2013-01-22T15:24:05Z")
I’m in the Navy and I know several friends who have married Filipina wives. They all seem to be very happy. She gets a good home and security, and he is grateful for an attractive, attentive wife. I’ve generally felt that men marry for sex and women marry for money. That’s why these work. ---
**Author:** ![RANIA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@RANIA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RANIA)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/85 "2013-03-11T15:51:31Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Well, English is one of the [2 official languages](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines) of the Philippines (the other is Tagalog). So, that probably helps. As far as I know, there is no other Asian nation where English is an official language. So, there’s a pretty good chance that a Filipina mail-order bride will speak and understand English. Bhutan is a small country in the Himalayas (Asia) It’s official language is Dzongkha and English is widely spoken too. English is the second language of Bhutan. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/86 "2013-03-11T16:46:36Z")
What nobody mentioned-most Filipinas are Christians…that is not the case with many Asian countries. Compatibility between cultures is often facilitated when the parties share a common religion. I would imagine that muslim women from the south (the Moros) very rarely marry Western men. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/87 "2013-03-11T17:57:35Z")
I googled LBFM, it’s a racist/sexist term that stands for Little Brown Fuck Machines. Lovely. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/88 "2013-03-11T18:21:23Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > What nobody mentioned-most Filipinas are Christians..that is not the case with many Asian countries. Compatibility between cultures is often facilitated when the parties share a common religion. I would imagine that muslim women from the south (the Moros) very rarely marry Western men. Is that a whoosh? If not, see posts 4, 9, 10, 30… ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/89 "2013-03-11T21:02:57Z")
Ignorance fought, many months later 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/90 "2013-03-11T22:33:23Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I googled LBFM, it’s a racist/sexist term that stands for Little Brown Fuck Machines. Lovely. The term was commonly used in the Navy, but applied to all brown-skinned women as far as I could tell. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/91 "2013-03-11T23:40:29Z")
^ Correct. Used in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines. ---
**Author:** ![bacardi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@bacardi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bacardi)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/92 "2013-04-09T20:40:12Z")
OK my 2 cents worth. I have been online chatting many filipinas since 2007 and all I can say is to most its a ticket out of poverty. Add to this is the fact that in the philippines having a KANO boyfriend is considered a status in their country so they can show off to all their friends. A kano is tagaolog for AMERICANO. So why do many older men from the west ( I live in canada) go to the philippines? Simple…woman in the west make their own money and so are less needy so are naturally more PICKY on who they choose to be their mate. Now in my city there are thousands of pinay already here and once they are here they are no different than any other girls. Which proves my point…When they are here they no longer need you so become spoiled bratts like any other girl here. Bottom line? All these pinay are online because you have something they want…a foreign passport and status in her eyes. Just like they have something you want, and that is a sexy girl that would never give you the time of day in their country as they dont need you. Simple ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/93 "2013-04-10T17:01:25Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I googled LBFM, it’s a racist/sexist term that stands for Little Brown Fuck Machines. Lovely. Covered in post #22. ---
**Author:** ![Doggo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/94 "2013-04-12T06:31:40Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Well, English is one of the [2 official languages](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines) of the Philippines (the other is Tagalog). So, that probably helps. As far as I know, there is no other Asian nation where English is an official language. So, there’s a pretty good chance that a Filipina mail-order bride will speak and understand English. Singapore has English as an official language, perhaps Malaysia. Yes, Philipina women usually speak English well. However, IMO, the main reason that western men marry them is that they aren’t western women, and haven’t developed that anti male bias that western women carry around with them ( and probably don’t even know that they do ). They are also feminine and not afraid to show it. Same reason that thousands of western men marry Thai women. No doubt there will be those that accuse western men of wanting “sex slaves” and “doormats”, but surprise surprise, Philipina and Thai women actually enjoy sex, and are hardly doormats, though I’m sure I’ll be shouted down for saying so. I fully expect to be attacked by western women for what I said, though they just prove the point of what I have said. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/95 "2013-04-12T06:41:45Z")
> [@Doggo](#): > > However, IMO, the main reason that western men marry them is that they aren’t western women, and haven’t developed that anti male bias that western women carry around with them Understandable. After all, most of them probably haven’t met you yet. ---
**Author:** ![Doggo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/96 "2013-04-12T06:44:42Z")
> [@colander](#): > > Understandable. After all, most of them probably haven’t met you yet. Oh yes, can’t refute what I say, so let’s make a personal attack. Are you female? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/97 "2013-04-12T08:43:46Z")
As a local boy in the Philippines, I can assure you Filipinas can male-bash as well as American women. ---
**Author:** ![bacardi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@bacardi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bacardi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/98 "2013-04-12T19:26:02Z")
notice also how most of the men are old and basically unattractive? They know because of poverty they can find in the philippines what they can never find in their country ---
**Author:** ![Doggo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/99 "2013-04-15T12:53:54Z")
> [@bacardi](#): > > notice also how most of the men are old and basically unattractive? They know because of poverty they can find in the philippines what they can never find in their country I’ll turn that around and say that it took them till they were older to be able to afford to go off to another country and find a woman that they really wanted, rather than what was available at “home”. It’s more expensive to marry someone from the Phillipines and go through all the legal BS to bring them back, or live there, than it is to marry a local woman that will be expected to earn their own money and contribute to the family income. BTW, just what is it that “they can find in the philippines what they can never find in their country”? Sounds like a justification for marrying a Phillipina if what men want isn’t available at home. I hope you don’t believe some BS about them being “doormats” or “sex slaves”. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623/100 "2013-04-15T21:43:41Z")
Interesting. What, in your opinion, are the symptoms of anti-male bias that Filipinas lack and Western women have? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-filipina-women/634623.md?page=6)