Are Asian women the new standard of beauty in America?

Question

I've been notcing recently that Asian women have really been popular with men of all backrounds. I no longer hear men talking about blonds, Latina's, or mixed girls any more, its all about Asian girls now. Why is that? Personally I think its because Asian women tend to be more feminine and have a great combination of beauty and personality. Asian women usually are in good shape where as the majority of women of other races are now obese. Asian women also work hard, age well, are respectful, very cute, appreciative, and carry themselves with class. American women these days are so masculine and nasty, they are basically men.

Answer 1

While I cannot disagree with your sentiments about American women more strenuously, you have accurately described the *stereotyped*, idealized Asian female.

The popularity of the image of the eternally youthful, submissive (i.e., feminine in the traditional, patriarchal sense), hard working, and appreciative (i.e., she knows her place) woman is due to three factors:

1) American involvement in the Pacific front during World War II, when many grunts involved with the pacification of Pacific nations took Asian wives. In the US, these wives were accepted as rescued women - very traditionally feminine, indeed. Vietnam and Korea accelerated this image. (If you pay attention, you'll notice that a similar fetish is developing around Arabic and South Asian women right now . . . anything to do with the Middle East? Yes.)

2) Asians have become a "model minority" in the US - in other words, they have more successfully met white, middle-class standards of lifestyle than other groups. This is largely because there is no taboo against interracial white-Asian marriages - a product of WWII and Vietnam. Because of this, many white men who might otherwise be against interracial marriage find Asian women to be acceptable mates.

3) Perceptions that other women are becoming more manly are probably reactions to American women's increasing independence and power in this country. For men who prefer the more "traditional" or submissive style of femininity, Asian women - whose race bears the baggage I've described above - present an alternative to independent women. This is *not* to say that Asian women are actually more submissive, cuter, or any of that. That's a stereotype, and a damaging one at that!

While I haven't personally noticed any decrease in the appreciation of other kinds of women, Asian women have, over the past fifty years or so, become more and more accepted in the US as the very epitome of femininity. It really has nothing to do with Asian women being objectively more beautiful or more feminine than other women - it has everything to do with the history of race relations, gender relations, and warfare in the US.

Answer 2

I think that it's a matter of taste. If you like oriental women you will seek out only the good qualities in them. I, myself, who looove heavy women, will tell you all that's good about heavy women and totally miss all the bad points that you see in them. Same is so for any male who fancies a particular race or size.


Signed: The International Overweight Lover

Answer 3

I'm a Latina and I still get game from all kinds of men...

Answer 4

No sorry. Hell no. I don't trust Asian women personally. This is not a slur or meant to be racist. I just don't feel Asian women are very friendly or open. Snobbish actually.

Answer 5

it doesn't matter if you notice now, in the past or never, typical asian women don't like other races no offence. you can get the losers who hate their own race though.

Answer 6

than why don't you move your *** to china .