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Asian fetish is a controversial term which could refer to sexual objectification of people of Asian descent, typically females, who are "objectified and valued not for who they are as people, but for their race or perceptions of their culture."[1] The fetish has been used to primarily describe white men's desire for Asian women.[1][2][3] The use of the term has been criticized for stigmatizing non-Asian males and condemning interracial relationships. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Asian people[1] is a demonym for people from Asia. ... For other uses, see Female (disambiguation). ... Look up fetish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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Stereotyping of Asian personality traits

During the periods of yellow peril in the United States during the late 1800s, the image of Chinese women emerged as sexually corrupt, immoral, and threatening to the white population.[4] During World War II when American soldiers directly interacted with East Asian and Southeast Asian women, the women were portrayed as obedient, passive, and exotic.[5] Babysan, a cartoon character sketched as an exotic, curvaceous, slanted eyed woman, was published in the East Asian edition of the Navy Times during wartime.[6] The Yellow Terror In All His Glory, 1899 editorial cartoon Yellow Peril (sometimes Yellow Terror) was a color metaphor for race that originated in the late nineteenth century with immigration of Chinese laborers to various Western countries, notably the United States, and later to the Japanese during the mid 20th... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Navy Times The Navy Times is a part of the Military Times Media group which is owned by the United States Government. ...


In the afterword to the 1988 play M. Butterfly, the writer, David Henry Hwang, using the term "yellow fever," a pun on the disease of the same name, discusses white men with a "fetish" for Asian women. Hwang argues that this phenomenon is caused by stereotyping of Asians in Western society.[7] Darrell Hamamoto, a professor at University of California Davis, has stated that the stereotypes are a result of Western imperialist influence in Asian countries and increased interaction between different races in the United States after immigration laws were relaxed in the 1960s.[8] Hamamoto said American soldiers' contact with Vietnamese prostitutes during the Vietnam War have further contributed to reinforcing these images of Asian women.[8] M. Butterfly is a 1988 play by David Henry Hwang, which deals with themes about cultural stereotypes of East vs West (see Orientalism), and is loosely based on the real life relationship between Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu. ... David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is a contemporary American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S. He was born in Los Angeles, California and was educated at Stanford University and the Yale School of Drama. ... This article deals primarily with stereotypes of East Asians. ... The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is a public, coeducational university located in Davis, California, which is about fifteen miles west of Sacramento in Californias Central Valley. ... Cecil Rhodes: Cape-Cairo railway project. ... The Immigration and Nationality Act amendments of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act, INS Act of 1965, Pub. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...


Phoebe Eng wrote in her book Warrior Lessons, [9] Phoebe Eng is an award winning Asian American national lecturer on race and gender issues. ...

“ While hypersexualized, commodifying images exist for all women, and especially women of color, the image of the Asian woman combines with this the notion of ultrapassivity. Sexuality for an Asian woman is so tightly wound up in issues of power and global economic order that it is virtually impossible to address the spector of an Asian woman's sexuality without examining the subtle roles of governments and enterprise in perpetuating this situation, especially in developing countries. ”

In her article in San Francisco Examiner, "Asian Women, Caucasian Men", Joan Walsh wrote that some non-Asian men pursued Asian females for "their appearance - and stereotypes about how they treat men." The article referred to a "feminist backlash" that drove Caucasian men away from Caucasian women. She referred to Asian fetish as partially as a result of "inability of men to have intimate relationships with women they see as equals." [2] Practices of marrying mail-order brides from Asian countries is also sustained by sexual stereotypes of Asian women.[5] The San Francisco Examiner is a daily newspaper in San Francisco, California, where it has been published continuously since the late 19th Century. ... Joan Walsh is an American editor, writer, and blogger. ... Mail-order bride is a label applied to a woman who publishes her intent to marry someone from another - usually more developed - country. ...


The term used for a man, usually white, who exclusively dates Asian males is "rice queen."[10][2][11] In a similar manner as Asian females, gay Asian males are stereotyped as submissive.[10] A rice queen is a person, usually a white male, who exclusively dates Asian, particularly East- and Southeast-Asian males. ...


Studies related to Asian fetish

Raymond Fisman authored an article published in Salon which claimed that the existence of Asian fetish is a myth. Raymond based his conclusions on the results of a study, "Racial Preferences in Dating," that he helped to conduct.[12] The study, based upon speed dating experiments among Columbia University graduate students, found no general statistically-significant racial preference among males.[13] Screenshot of Salon. ... Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking process or dating system whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. ... Alma Mater Columbia University is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ...


Controversial Pop Culture

In May 2000, Bloodhound Gang performed at the campus of University of Maryland, where the band's unreleased song "Yellow Fever" drew controversy. With other student unions such as NAACP and the Jewish Student Union, the Asian American Student Union protested against the band by wearing bright yellow shirts and turning their backs during the band's performance.[14] Jimmy Pop said he was perplexed about negative reaction to his song as he intended to humorously describe a sexual desire for Asian women. The Bloodhound Gang redirects here. ... University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public coeducational university situated in suburban College Park, Maryland just outside Washington, D.C. The flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, the university is most often referred to... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is one of the oldest and most influential hate organizations in the United States. ... Jimmy Pop performing in May 2005. ...


In April 2006, Rumpus Magazine published a satirical piece entitled "Me Love You Long Time" written by Brian Hauss. The article featured the picture of a naked white male student whose body was covered with uncooked rice. Hauss wrote that white male students and Asian female students at Yale University are "building...intimate bridges between the Occident and the Orient in the privacy of their own bedrooms."[15] The article dubbed "yellow fever" as a term used by racists to condemn "conjugal bliss" between Asian females and Caucasian males. The article was panned by the Asian American Students Alliance at Yale University for emasculating Asian males while portraying Asian women as promiscuous. Rumpus co-Editor in Chief Sam Heller responded, "We weren't necessarily [politically correct] about it, but I think that you have to have a sense of humor. You shouldn't take it so seriously. We're not trying to tear down the Asian community here." [16] Rumpus Magazine is a tabloid publication produced by students at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Yale redirects here. ... Yale redirects here. ...


Conceptual Dissent

Phoebe Eng wrote: [9]

“ Not all of us, for instance, agree that the current trend of "Asian fetish" is bad. In fact, for some of us, the new visibility of Asian women, even though stereotyped, can actually be liberating. ”

Erika Kim and Tracy Quan believe that the concept of "Asian fetish" is used to condemn interracial relationships between white men and Asian women.[17][18] Quan has written that terms such as "yellow fever" or "Asian fetish" are meaningless as she feels that personal attraction is a complex result of many factors "some of which are too mysterious for words." [18] The characterization of the term as "racist" has been criticized because it implies that a noted preference for a member of a minority group and the portrayals of minorities as attractive is abnormal.[19] Tracy Quan is an American writer and former call girl. ...


References

  1. ^ a b Prasso, Sheridan (2005). "'Race-ism,' Fetish, and Fever", The Asian Mystique. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 132-164,141. ISBN 9781586483944. 
  2. ^ a b c Walsh, Joan. San Francisco Examiner. Asian Women, Caucasian Men modelminority.com (2002-04-22)
  3. ^ Song, Young In (1998). Korean American Women: From Tradition to Modern Feminism. Greenwood Publishing Group, 134. ISBN 9780275959777. 
  4. ^ Okamura, Raymond. 1976. Iva Ikuko Toguri: Victim of an American fantasy. In EmmaGee (Ed.), Counterpoint: Perspectives on Asian America (p. 86-96). Los Angeles: Asian American Studies Center, University of California.
  5. ^ a b Uchida, Aki (March - April 1998). "The Orientalization of Asian women in America". Women’s Studies International Forum 21 (2): 161-174. DOI:10.1016/S0277-5395(98)00004-1. Retrieved on 2007-12-29. 
  6. ^ Hume, Bill (1953). Babysan: A private look at the Japanese occupation. Tokyo: Kasuga Bokkei. ISBN 0804800499. 
  7. ^ Hwang, David Henry (1988). "Afterward", M. Butterfly. New York: Plume Books, p. 98. 
  8. ^ a b Sung, Helen E. Dating Outside the Color Lines. Audrey magazine. Retrieved on 2007-12-29.
  9. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Phoebe
  10. ^ a b Bohling, James. Embracing Diversity?
  11. ^ Ayres T (1999). China doll - the experience of being a gay Chinese Australian. Journal of Homosexuality, 36(3-4): 87-97
  12. ^ Fisman, Raymond. "The Myth of the Asian Fetish: An Economist Goes to a BarSlate magazine (2007-11-07). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  13. ^ Fisman, Raymond; Iyengar, Sheena S.; Kamenica, Emir; Simonson, Itamar. "Racial Preferences in Dating". 2007-05-11. Retrieved on 2007-11-09
  14. ^ Bliss, Karen (2000-05-05). Bloodhound Gang Respond to Maryland Protest. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  15. ^ Hauss, Brian. "Me Love You Long Time: Yale's Case of Yellow Fever" (pdf), New Haven, Connecticut: Rumpus Magazine, April 2006, p. 10. Retrieved on 2007-12-31. 
  16. ^ Macbeth, Cullen. "AASA accuses publications of racismYale Daily News (2006-04-17)
  17. ^ Nam, Vicky (2001). YELL-oh Girls!. Harper Paperbacks, 207. ISBN 0060959444. 
  18. ^ a b Quan, Tracy (December 2003). Asian fetish?. Salon.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
  19. ^ Chan, Elizabeth. Fetish or Forever?. Audrey magazine. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.

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See also

This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The term racist love is used by Asian American social activists to describe a form of racism which they believe they feel. ... Yellow cab ) is a term referring to an ethnic stereotype of Japanese women, and by extension other Asians, suggesting that they are sexually available to foreign men. ...

External links

  • "The Asian America That Can Say 'No'", Modelminority.com. (Originally published in The Daily Californian, September 9, 1991) Accessed February 17, 2006.
  • "The Yellow Fever Pages", Zukazuka.com, 2002. Accessed February 17, 2006.
  • "The Myth Of The Rice King", Vancouver Sun, February 14, 2004.
  • "Racial preferences in the dating world", Seacoast Online, May 11, 2007. Accessed May 25, 2007.
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Actions, events and states

Amputation · Anesthesia · Breast expansion · Crush · Disability · Lactation · Fear · Hypnosis · Impregnation · Jock sniffing · Obesity · Medical examinations · Multibreast · Pregnancy · Transvesticism · Smoking · Tickling · Tightlacing · Total enclosure · Wet and messy · The Daily Californian (or Daily Cal) is an independent, student-run newspaper that serves the University of California, Berkeley campus and its surrounding community. ... Look up Sex on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A sex is one of two specimen categories of species that recombine their genetic material in order to reproduce, a process called genetic recombination. ... Look up paraphilia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Two women in handcuffs and latex miniskirts and tops - Latex and PVC fetishism Wikinews has related news: Dr. Joseph Merlino on sexuality, insanity, Freud, fetishes and apathy Sexual fetishism is the sexual attraction for material and terrestrial objects while in reality the essence of the object is inanimate and sexless. ... Amputee fetishism is one of the paraphilias grouped together as attraction to disability. ... Anaesthesia fetishism is a sexual fetish for anaesthesia. ... A crush fetish is a paraphilia which primarily consists of the desire to see others (generally members of the opposite sex) crush small creatures such as insects, mammals and reptiles. ... Handicap fetishism is a general term for paraphilias that involve attraction to disability, or a sexual desire to become disabled. ... Erotic lactation means breastfeeding of an adult partner or re-lactation for primarily erotic reasons. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jock sniffing. ... Medical fetishism is a paraphilia where the activities and paraphernalia of medicine are eroticised. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A folded cream-coloured full slip Some men find the sheer fabric of stockings highly enticing Transvestic fetishism is a sexual fetish for the clothing of the opposite gender. ... Smoking fetishism (capnolagnia) is a sexual fetish consisting of the smoking of tobacco and/or marijuana. ... Tickling fetishism is a paraphilia in which participants derive sexual stimulation from tickling, or being tickled by, another person. ... Cathie Jung (born 1937), wearing a sterling silver corset, holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest waist of any currently living person, at 38. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A wet and messy fetish (WAM) is a form of sexual fetishism whereby a person becomes aroused when substances are deliberately and generously applied to the naked skin, or to the clothes people are wearing. ...

Body parts (partialisms)

Breast · Foot · Hand · Navel · Nose · Breast fetishism (also known as: mastofact, or breast partialism[1]) is a type of sexual preference. ... Foot fetishism is a pronounced fetishistic sexual interest in human feet. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: Fringe fetish, I doubt there are any reliable sources about this out there. ... Navel fetishism is typically a sexual fetish where an individual is strongly attracted to the human navel (also known as, and is referred to by most navel fetishists as the belly button). ... Elisha Cuthberts upturned nose tip Avril Lavignes wide nose tip Sarah-Michelle Gellars nose Nose fetishism (nose fetish or nasophilia) is a paraphilia in which an individual is sexually aroused by the sight, touch, or often the erotic sucking of human noses. ...

Fictions

Vampires · Transformation fiction · Drawing of a transformation scene. ...

Human identity and ethnic groups

Asian ethnic groups · Daddy's girl · Race and ethnic groups · The Daddys girl fetish is a form of sexual fetishism that uses a couples real or imagined age difference as the foundation of their sexual roleplay. ... In academic discourse, racial fetishism is a postcolonialist term found in the writings of authors such as Homi Bhabha, Anne McClintock and Kobena Mercer. ...

Objects and substances

Blood · Boots · Diapers · Dolls · Garments · Latex and PVC · Masks · Medical objects · Panties · Pantyhose and stockings · Robots · Second skin clothing · Shoes · Silk and satin · Spandex · This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Garment fetishes are fetishes that revolve around, or fixate on, a particular type of garment. ... Two women in handcuffs and latex miniskirts and tops Latex fetishism is the fetishistic attraction to people wearing latex clothing, or in certain cases, to the garments themselves. ... Mask fetishism is a desire to see a subject wearing a mask. ... Medical fetishism is a paraphilia where the activities and paraphernalia of medicine are eroticised. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Stocking fetishists find the sheer fabric of stockings highly enticing Black stockings Stocking fetishism is a sexual fetish relating to womens stockings. ... An Actroid manufactured by Kokoro Company Ltd. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Silk/satin fetishism is a sexual fetish relating to garments or other articles made of silk or satin fabric — primarily womens clothing and lingerie. ... Contortionist performing, Sept. ...

Fetish society

Fetish artists · Clubs · Fashion · Fetish models and modelling · Photography · Publishing · Subculture A fetish artist is an illustrator or painter who makes fetish art which depicts people in fetishistic situations. ... A Fetish club is the commonplace term for a nightclub, bar or other entertainment venue which caters to clientele interested in (or in some cases, actively participating inside the club) bondage, domination/submission, and/or sadism and masochism (For short, BDSM). ... A woman wearing a black latex catsuit and thigh-high boots. ... A model in bondage cuffs with a leg spreader. ... A fetish photographer takes photographs of people in fetishistic situations, such as in bondage, or wearing rubber or leather clothing. ... A fetish magazine is a magazine devoted to sexual fetishism. ... The fetish subculture is a subculture that comprises people with a broad range of sexual fetishes, who tend to be more tolerant of other fetishists than the general community, even if they do not share the other persons specific fetish. ...


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The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Color Line Cuts Through the Heart (1132 words)
Although the “Asian fetish,” is a familiar concept to her, she says it is not a concern in her present interracial relationship.
Asian men do not typically date outside of their race because they are stereotypically viewed as “very un-masculine,” Lee says.
Asian women, in contrast, are portrayed as having increasingly varied and prominent roles, Lee says.
Asian fetish: Information from Answers.com (2767 words)
Those who consider Asian fetish to be harmful believe it to be a "fetish" in the sense of "a fixation" on stereotypes of Asians.
Asian fetish has also been called "yellow fever", "yellow plague" (from untreated yellow fever), "bamboo fever", "Asian fever", "the Asian persuasion", "jungle fever" (for Asians with browner skin tone) or having "a thing for Asians." Asian fetishists are sometimes called asiaphiles, "pinkertons" or eggs.
In its use in pornography an Asian fetish is claimed to be a form of sexual fetish in which a man or woman prefers pornography with Asian actresses or actors.
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