I'm sure many men have dreamed of an island completely populated by
exotic women. Of course, fantasy is fantasy, but what if it were
reality? In a certain regard, it is — in Noiva do Cordeiro, Brazil.
It's
a scenic rural town in the hills outside of Belo Horizante with one big
quirk, or perk, depending on whom you talk to. This Brazilian town is
inhabited and governed almost entirely by women,
its population consisting of more than 600 mostly single women aged 20
to 25. Sons are sent away at 18, and spouses are banned from the town
except on weekends.
Now the
women have made an appeal to bring more single men to the town. But
there's one caveat: Men have to follow their rules. OK, that shouldn't
be too hard to do. But the truth is that any incoming men have to follow
all the guidelines that the women created, from town planning to
farming, religion, and more.
The
motivation for the way the town is set up is a direct result of its
history: The town was founded in 1891 by Maria Senhorinha de Lima, who
had been excommunicated as an adultress after leaving a man she had been
forced to marry. Over time, she was joined by other single women and
female-headed families, and the insular society came into being. In the
1940s, an evangelical pastor, Anisio Pereira, took one of the town's
16-year-old girls as his wife and founded a church there, imposing
strict puritanical rules. When he died in 1995, the town's women
determined that they would never again be subject to male domination,
and they dismantled Pereira's church.
Resident
Nelma Fernandes, 23, said, "The only men we single girls meet are
either married or related to us…. We all dream of falling in love and
getting married. But we like living here and don't want to have to leave
the town to find a husband." If Web traffic is any indication of
interested possible suitors, it appears that the town's plea worked: Its
website
went down because of all the visitors to the site. So, fellas looking
for an opportunity like this, pack your bags — Brazilian girls are
calling.
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