Brazilian town populated only by women say men are allowed - if they abide by the rules

Story here. Excerpt:

'Noiva do Cordeiro in south east Brazil is home to 600 women, mainly aged between 20 and 35.

While some are married, their husbands are forced to work away from home and can only return on weekends.

Sons are sent away at the age of 18, and no other men are allowed to live full-time in the town, which is located in a remote valley.

The settlement dates back to the 1890s, when a young woman and her family were excommunicated from the Catholic church after she was accused of adultery when she left a man she had been forced to marry.

Slowly, more single women and mother-only families joined the community, and several attempts by men to interfere with their way of life only strengthened their desire to live in a strictly female environment.
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"We'd like to get to know men who would leave their own lives and come to be a part of ours.

"But first they need to agree to do what we say and live according to our rules."
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"There are lots of things that women do better than men. Our town is prettier, more organised, and far more harmonious than if men were in charge.'

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... to pass laws saying ppl must be of a certain sex/race/etc. to live in a place? I dunno. In the US, the Con'n says bills of attainder are prohibited, so it wouldn't be legal here. I'd hope the same is true in Brazil. Possibly no one has bothered suing the town over it.

But aside from that, I wonder what makes anyone think women categorically can run a town/etc. "better" than men as a group can? What, towns run by women are inherently prettier, harmonious, and better-organized? Why? Because females "naturally" seek consensus-based solutions? Not in my experience. Maybe the inhabitants of this town have developed a cultural tradition that seeks consensus, but this is hardly an inherently feminine approach to dealing with common community problems. As for prettier, etc., these are matters of taste. Tell me, is their town as pretty as, say, Venice? Venice was "decorated" entirely by men. Try matching Venice, ladies.

What's sort of funny abt their quest for husbands is how they say they want them but to live with them, they must agree to abide by the town's rules, which presumably means they aren't allowed to vote, perhaps, in town elections? Or walk on the sidewalks (assuming there are any)? Or be out at night after 9:00? Just what rules will so lucky a man as to be married to one of these women have to follow for the honor of living in a so-called women-only town which, if they actually get any takers, won't be quite so women-only? And the pics in this article say it all. What, trying to siren-in men by dressing up in leather outfits? Ludicrous.

Newsflash: That moon-bat preacher who "took over" the town and "imposed" all those rules on you could have been easily unseated simply by telling him to go f*ck himself and shut up or leave, but in any case, you're not listening to him. Why didn't you just do that?

I wouldn't have anything to do with a bunch of vile sexist jerks like these for all the tree lizards in the Amazon. [Just what would I do with millions of Amazonian tree lizards anyway? :) ]

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I notice there's no paved road there on Google Maps, while nearby towns with men appear to have them. Maybe it has to do with the small size, but it could be that there's no men who can lay down the asphalt.

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This story as it is presented seems kind of fishy. I feel like there are some details missing.

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Well look what I stumbled upon:

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/bachelors-wanted-in-brazilian-town-made-up-entirely-of-women.html

from the article:

UPDATE: Apparently, Noiva de Cordeiro isn’t exactly the bachelors’ paradise it was made out to be by Western media. According to a recent article in the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, the Belo Vale town isn’t that much different from any other rural settlement. Most of the women shown in the photos working in the field and doing chores are apparently happily married, and the population is made up of both men and women, in equal proportion. It’s just that the majority of men work in the city during weekdays, so they’re left tending to their homes and crops.

Unfortunately it’s been again confirmed that if something sounds too good to be true, it generally is. [end]

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In the description of the settlement, it says it was founded by a woman escaping an arranged marriage back in 1891, but later in 1940 a religious man came to town and married a 16 year old and "He then founded a church in the town and imposed strict puritanical rules on the women, banning them from drinking alcohol, listening to music, cutting their hair, or using contraceptives" articles also mention that sons born to the women are driven out of town when they turn 18.

This settlement looks and smells just like the polygamist culture of the FLDS Church in Utah which is detrimental to both boys and girls. (boys who are not in line to marry are driven out at puberty and many turn to drugs and male prostitution)

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