A Russian bride and a Russian wife is the dream of many men. Many legends have been told about Russian women. Russian women are so beautiful that Western women start seeing a threat in them, both in the fashion business (“The Russians are coming!”), and in the dating-marriage market. In the West, they say that a Russian woman is a dream of the 1950s: she already earns her living but is still in awe in front of her man.
However, there are contradictions around the Russian Woman Phenomenon. And there is too much stereotyping as well in other nationalities. For example, Frenchmen are stereotyped to be gallant, brave and vain. Finnish people are stereotyped as quiet and stubborn. Englishmen are stereotyped as reserved, being gentlemen, snobs and having afternoon tea at 5 o’clock.