--Mel Chen, "Queer Animality"
The Asian body is foreign to the Western world, sometimes to the point of being seen as animals to outsiders. Asian women have a stereotype of being very meek, shy, and submissive, yet extremely hyper-sexual once behind closed doors. Meanwhile, the men in the Western media are typically shy geeks, complete omega males who cannot assert themselves in society. Growing up as a non-whitewashed Asian American, I'm proud to say that I'm quite in touch with my asian heritage, and am also proud to say that my dating/sexual preferences goes to asian men, mainly due to similar cultural values. I know that when some asian girls express interest in asian men, some people will gawk at them in awe, and ask, "Wait? What???? How do you like asian guys?" In addition, one hilarious, yet disturbing, Tumblr website titled "Creepy White Men," is a collection of screenshots of demeaning messages that asian females receive on dating websites from, you guessed it, creepy caucasian men.
In one entry, an asian girl got a message from a creepy white guy who asked her who the asian guy in one of her collection of pictures was. When she told him it was Wang LeeHom, he told her, "What the Hell? Asian guys are so ugly. Don't you know that asian girls prefer white guys?" As if he thought he could force an opinion on her! For the record, the white guy was unattractive, and Wang LeeHom was the hot guy with the chiseled body. Of course a handsome asian man would be preferable over any ugly white guy any day, at least, based on looks.
The Creepy White Guy tumblr page can be found here for disturbing hilariousness. http://creepywhiteguys.tumblr.com/
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