A Brazilian town with an all-female population wants the men of the world to come and live with them, but only if they live by their rules, Express.co.Uk reported.
For over 100 years, the town of Noiva do Cordeiro in southeast Brazil has been governed and inhabited by mostly women. But now the town's 600 plus females, between ages 20 and 35, want to tone down the estrogen by allowing (single) men to move in.
"We all dream of falling in love and getting married," Nelma Fernandes, 23, said according to the newspaper. "But we like living here and don't want to have to leave the town to find a husband.
"We'd like to get to know men who would leave their own lives and come to be part of ours. But first they need to agree to do what we say and live according to our rules."
Not all of the women in the town are single. Some are married, but their husbands are required to work away from home and can only visit on the weekends, Express.co.Uk reported. If a male is born he is sent away by age 18.
The town's anti-male policy dates back to 1891 when the founder, Maria Senhorinha de Lima, was excommunicated from the Catholic church for leaving her husband she was forced to marry, according to Yahoo! News.
Soon the town formed a reputation for harboring prostitutes and harlots, the result of society shunning them for being single and running their families.
Then in 1940, a pastor named Anisio Pereira moved in town and took a 16-year-old girl to be his wife. He set up a church and began imposing strict rules on the women of Noiva do Cordeiro, such as no drinking alcohol or playing music.
When Pereira died in 1995, they dismantled his church and swore off men forever.
"We have god in our hearts," 49-year-old resident Rosalee Fernandes explained. "But we don't think we need to go to church, get married in front of a priest or baptize our children. These are rules made up by men."
It seems men are interested in giving Noiva do Cordeiro a try. A website for the town, where the women are said to be uncommonly pretty, crashed due to heavy traffic.
