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Protesters have demanded that council officials investigate the activities
of the Hand In Hand agency, whose website features the women in skimpy
clothing and underwear.
They promise clients women 10 to 20 years younger than them who are
"unspoiled by feminism at a very affordable price".
It also claims they are "beautiful, intelligent and educated" and have a
"culture of support and respect for their husband".
Domestic abuse campaigner Kathryn Sharp said her jaw dropped when she read
one of the fliers the agency are distributing around Dundee.
She said: "Its approach to women would be offensive to anyone, male or
female. The implication is it is about the ability to buy a bride.
"As well as the offence it could cause to members of the public, the leaflet
must raise concerns about exploitation of women in the Czech Republic."
Another woman who complained said: "The small print on the leaflets probably
explains the women cost a couple of goats and half a dozen chickens and that
they always look forward to their daily beatings."
Police have also been made aware of the agency's leafleting activities.
Dundee councillor Joe Morrow pledged to act yesterday after receiving a
number of complaints.
He said: "Material like this is frankly disgusting and I am certain that
everyone in Dundee will share my revulsion that it is being handed out in
public."
A spokesman for Hand In Hand in Dundee, one of a number of franchises of the
agency in the UK, insisted they were above board. He added: "We are simply
an introduction agency and not a buy-a-bride service."
But it emerged last night that Hand In Hand have been criticised by websites
investigating internet scams and blacklisted by one - agencyscams.com.
Their investigator said: "I first ran across this agency three years ago.
All the girls are the same as then. Bad sign."
Source: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2008/01/21/fury-as-dating-agency-offer-czech-girls-unspoiled-by-feminism-86908-20292880/
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