Some more water to add to this side of the debate: In China women were also regarded as reliable agents for spreading Chinese culture and civilisation. Quote:

Some more water to add to this side of the debate: In China women were also regarded as reliable agents for spreading Chinese culture and civilisation. Quote: After Mongol rule had been ended by the Ming Dynasty in 1368, [there was] a violent Chinese backlash against West and Central Asians. In order to contain the violence, the Ming administration instituted a policy where all West and Central Asian males were required to intermarry with native Chinese females, hence assimilating them into the local population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation#China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation#China Please also note that in most other culture, the way to fix ethnic violence is in the "remove them away" to "kill them all" range. In the above example, the solution found was "merge them through our girls", which actually worked not that bad (Hui people still exist, and are relatively well integrated).