Many Western feminists express concern for women in traditional, lower-income societies.
However, these same advocates often maintain a firm stance against Western men traveling to developing nations for romantic or transactional relationships.
From a critical perspective, this expressed solidarity is viewed as selectively applied.
Critics argue that a highly advantageous outcome for some women in developing nations is to form a relationship with a Western man, potentially relocating to a Western country and securing citizenship.
Western feminist solidarity rarely extends to actively supporting or endorsing this specific pathway.
Consequently, despite theoretical claims of global sisterhood, some analyses suggest that Western feminists are not natural allies to women in developing nations in this specific context, and may actively campaign against relationships between Western men and local women in these regions.