Never met a white man with an Asian fetish? Haven't you heard of the "yellow fever" phenomenon? If you're young enough to be on LJ than I would have thought that you'd know about it.
Well, to be honest, the main reason I posted this is because I was curious what the Asian-American women think about this. (I am a white man with an unexplainable love of Asian women.)
Hi! Sorry I didn't respond when you first posted this. I'm incredibly lazy. First off, I'd like to note that I'm 100% Asian (as far as I'm aware) but have been living in the US all my life save a few months. I was adopted from South Korea. So my answers may not be so helpful since a lot of the people I've been around have been used to me since they grew up with me
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Hey, I'm adopted too. Random and off-topic but cool. :-)
"Like a preference for Asian women than other races?" Yes, that's exactly what I meant. It can be in both a physical attraction sort of way (as in "Asian women are way hotter than white women") or the much more creepy "Asian women are submissive geishas who will let me treat them like shit in a relationship" sort of way, which ties in with stereotypical ideas about your ethnic group.
Maybe this whole "yellow fever" concept is mainly a Californian thing.
Hi, this is late but you know that that is ok. :)jrockisgoodJuly 19 2007, 22:38:49 UTC
1. Um not in my area, they don't! But I know what you're referring to.. it's really probably just like that in my specific community because of the ridiculously large amount of Asians here. And at my school there are actually more White females with Asian males than Asian females with White males! Interesting. I don't know any personally but at the mall I have seen many a white male with an Asian female. Ummmm what do I think of it? I think it's creepy because people have been telling me that they it's because we're "mysterious submissive geishas" lololol. (And oftentimes when I meet girls with Asian fetishes they're obsessed with anime. which creeps me out. Is it like that with white males..?)
2. Japanese boyssss.
3. Man they're INCREDIBLY annoying. I guess the submissive geisha and math-loving sterotypes are the most annoying because I'm farthest from them. (Ninja woman? I thought the ninja thing mainly applied to guys.) It's also annoying because I am quiet so when that one sterotype is conirmed then apparenly everything else is
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Re: Hi, this is late but you know that that is ok. :)lilbrattyteenJuly 20 2007, 03:16:43 UTC
Wow, LOTS of Asians in the Bay Area? My school has lots and lots of Asians (a fact which I am eternally happy about ^_^). What part of the Bay are you in?
My school has more Asian women with white men than white women with Asian men. I'm not sure why. I don't think we white men with fetishes for Asian women are usually obsessed with anime. How do I explain it? For me, it's a fascination with the exotic. Culturally, you're different from my European background. We have a biological desire to procreate with people who have different genes (this makes healthier babies), and since my ancestors were not from Asia, people whose ancestors ARE from there would have different DNA etc. Plus, Asian chicks are damn good-looking. Though in my experience they're neither all submissive nor all nerdy.
long comments ftw. (I needed someone to talk to about this!)jrockisgoodJuly 20 2007, 03:58:56 UTC
MAN YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY ASIANS WE'RE TALKIN BOUT HERE I'm talkin bout > 50% at my school (and > 75% in my classes which, yes, are Honors classes D:) It's only like that at my school though- not my whole city. It's more like 20-30% Asian everywhere else
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1. Your apathy seems to be normal. At first I was surprised that they (Asian women) don't really care but that's what most of my real-life friends told me too. Or they just thought it was funny.
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(I am a white man with an unexplainable love of Asian women.)
That;s cool, you living in hawaii and all.
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"Like a preference for Asian women than other races?"
Yes, that's exactly what I meant. It can be in both a physical attraction sort of way (as in "Asian women are way hotter than white women") or the much more creepy "Asian women are submissive geishas who will let me treat them like shit in a relationship" sort of way, which ties in with stereotypical ideas about your ethnic group.
Maybe this whole "yellow fever" concept is mainly a Californian thing.
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YEAH that's what I assume :(
Oh, you're a Californian too. Where from?
I'm in the Bay Area.
And if this matters I'm a Chinese teenager who was born here.
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Don't you LOVE California???
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But I know what you're referring to.. it's really probably just like that in my specific community because of the ridiculously large amount of Asians here. And at my school there are actually more White females with Asian males than Asian females with White males! Interesting.
I don't know any personally but at the mall I have seen many a white male with an Asian female.
Ummmm what do I think of it? I think it's creepy because people have been telling me that they it's because we're "mysterious submissive geishas" lololol. (And oftentimes when I meet girls with Asian fetishes they're obsessed with anime. which creeps me out. Is it like that with white males..?)
2. Japanese boyssss.
3. Man they're INCREDIBLY annoying.
I guess the submissive geisha and math-loving sterotypes are the most annoying because I'm farthest from them. (Ninja woman? I thought the ninja thing mainly applied to guys.)
It's also annoying because I am quiet so when that one sterotype is conirmed then apparenly everything else is ( ... )
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Hi, this is late but you know WHAT. That is okay ;)
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My school has more Asian women with white men than white women with Asian men. I'm not sure why. I don't think we white men with fetishes for Asian women are usually obsessed with anime. How do I explain it? For me, it's a fascination with the exotic. Culturally, you're different from my European background. We have a biological desire to procreate with people who have different genes (this makes healthier babies), and since my ancestors were not from Asia, people whose ancestors ARE from there would have different DNA etc.
Plus, Asian chicks are damn good-looking. Though in my experience they're neither all submissive nor all nerdy.
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Thank you for taking the time to do this! :-)
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Because your journal looks very empty.
You can friend me if you want to find LJ friends.
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