Thailand and Myanmar
A decade living in Southeast Asia offered a front-row seat to courtship across cultures. These articles explore love, marriage, and mating in Myanmar and Thailand through an evolutionary lens.
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The twin brothers throuple: why polyandry goes viral in Thailand’s polygamy-tolerant culture
Exploring Thailand’s infidelity paradox through evolutionary psychology An interesting story by Chattarin Siradakul in The Thaiger reports on a TikTok video from Nakhon Phanom showing 24-year-old Fah announcing her relationship with twin brothers Sing and Suea. Responses to this polyandrous relationship have been predictable: shock, curiosity, moral condemnation, and support.…
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Huts, hotels and sexy models—online porn in Myanmar
The Golden Land’s x-rated side In the early 2000s, before the advent of video-hosting websites like Pornhub and XVideos, a video of an online porn young couple in a Mandalay hotel room found its way onto the file-sharing program Kazaa. “Mandalay couple,” as it was dubbed, featured a grainy depiction…
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Top ten dating advice tips for men
Dating tips in time for Valentine’s Day Women aren’t always clear about what they find attractive in a partner, as frustrating and alluring as that can be for many men. To be more specific, a woman’s criteria for finding “Mr. Right” can change over time—according to context and her own…
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Tentative Tinder matches in The Golden Land
Myanmar matches with the new swipe culture 36-year-old Sandar Win chats with her two friends at Amazon Coffee, distracting herself with a smartphone in one hand. She smiles and flashes them a picture of a man called “Simon,” who’s 41 and is sitting on the back of a jet ski.…
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Courtship, dance and fashion—Chin style
Romance rituals reinvigorated Finding a partner is an essential part of human life, whether that person is a match on Tinder in Yangon or a childhood sweetheart from a neighboring village in Chin State. Human forms of courtship can take many forms, from instant messaging on Facebook and flirtatious behavior…
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