Bernard Grover is an independent writer\/producer living in Indonesia for the past five years. <\/em> <\/span><\/h5>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Indonesian-beauty.jpg\" "\\"Indonesian")
<\/a>A man is transferred to Indonesia<\/strong> for a year or so on business.\u00a0 He brings his wife and family with him.\u00a0 After a few months, he divorces his Western wife and marries a local woman.\u00a0 If I’ve heard this story once, I’ve heard it a dozen times.<\/h5>\nInvariably, my wife asks me why.\u00a0 I’ve tried to explain the English concept of “battle axe” or the German version, “hausdrache” (house dragon).\u00a0 The idea of a woman who is domineering and disrespectful of her husband is as foreign to her as eating a dog is to a Westerner.<\/h5>\nOn the other hand, I’ve known many Indonesian women with successful careers who turn in their notice with the reason that they are getting married.\u00a0 If you ask them why, they will tell you they need to stay home and care for their husbands and fledgling families.\u00a0 Not because they are forced to, but because the culture here expects a woman to concern herself with matters of home and hearth.\u00a0 And they are happy to do so.<\/h5>\nTwo years ago, I wrote an article entitled, “My Submissive Asian Wife Empowers <\/span>Me<\/span>.” <\/a> It’s time to revisit that article and examine whether Asian women really are superior to Western women, and whether the Asian culture truly does empower a man.\u00a0 And the short answer to both questions is, “Yes!”<\/h5>\nEASTERN WOMAN
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<\/a>A man is transferred to Indonesia<\/strong> for a year or so on business.\u00a0 He brings his wife and family with him.\u00a0 After a few months, he divorces his Western wife and marries a local woman.\u00a0 If I’ve heard this story once, I’ve heard it a dozen times.<\/h5>\nInvariably, my wife asks me why.\u00a0 I’ve tried to explain the English concept of “battle axe” or the German version, “hausdrache” (house dragon).\u00a0 The idea of a woman who is domineering and disrespectful of her husband is as foreign to her as eating a dog is to a Westerner.<\/h5>\nOn the other hand, I’ve known many Indonesian women with successful careers who turn in their notice with the reason that they are getting married.\u00a0 If you ask them why, they will tell you they need to stay home and care for their husbands and fledgling families.\u00a0 Not because they are forced to, but because the culture here expects a woman to concern herself with matters of home and hearth.\u00a0 And they are happy to do so.<\/h5>\nTwo years ago, I wrote an article entitled, “My Submissive Asian Wife Empowers <\/span>Me<\/span>.” <\/a> It’s time to revisit that article and examine whether Asian women really are superior to Western women, and whether the Asian culture truly does empower a man.\u00a0 And the short answer to both questions is, “Yes!”<\/h5>\nEASTERN WOMAN
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Two years ago, I wrote an article entitled, “My Submissive Asian Wife Empowers <\/span>Me<\/span>.” <\/a> It’s time to revisit that article and examine whether Asian women really are superior to Western women, and whether the Asian culture truly does empower a man.\u00a0 And the short answer to both questions is, “Yes!”<\/h5>\nEASTERN WOMAN
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