Asian Stereotypes | Asian American Poll

ASIAN STEREOTYPES
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:08:25 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Which stereotype of Asian women do you find most offensive?
Quiet/Submissive | 22%
Sexually Available | 73%
Materialistic | 5%

Which stereotype of Asian men do you find most offensive?
Small Stature | 6%
Quiet/Submissive | 56%
Nerdy | 38%

Has American society's stereotyping of Asians decreased during the past 3 years?
Yes, there's less now. | 37%
No, it has stayed about the same | 43%
No, it has actually worsened. | 20%

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WHAT YOU SAY

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you're too thin:
I'm attracted to thin women, speak for yourself man
just ask any man Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 18:53:25 (PDT)

you're too thin

You're right. Like many women of other races, many AFs are slim and lithe with graceful curves. Some are petite with delicately formed arms and legs, or taller with coltish legs. These AFs are flexible and light on their feet, like ballerinas. Many men like lean women.

Other AFs are curvier and heavier just like women of other races. To appeal to a wide variety of men, i.e., asian, white, black, latino.
WF, AF, BF, Latina Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 19:55:43 (PDT)

I find the exact opposite about AF's reputation as being "easier to get". Asian girls are known to be HARD to get and even some times stuck up because they always turn guys down.
Geez.

100% Chinese fortunecookie101@hotmail.com Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 13:46:52 (PDT)

Asian women are stick-thin, well most anyway, I do see an occasional fat one. But it's an unhealthy looking thin, they look starved, stick legs and arms, the bodies of children. I see AFs that are in their 30's that look no more than 15. And they have this attitude that they are better than other races because they are thinner. Anorexia is not attractive, just ask any man.
you're too thin Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 17:07:41 (PDT)

I also met that strange stereotype of whites that all East Asians with narrow cheekbones had to be hapas. Then the whites expect us to understand their culture better than Asians with broader cheekbones.--A very stupid thing...
pure-bred asian Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 09:58:31 (PDT)

Talk about your skanky older guys with younger AF's- look at Woody Allen and his former daughter.
yuk Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 08:29:28 (PDT)

One of the stereotypes that really make me want to retch is the notion that Asian women are less likely (than other women) to say 'no' when skanky guys who are much, much older try to pick them up. This is so gross. Once I was so mad I nearly killed this old geezer at a disco who touched my butt. This stereotype is being perpetuated everywhere, in terms such as 'Asian women don't mind maturity'. This is bullshit, as far as I'm concerned.

And Asian women are not submissive, unless perhaps you come from a Western perspective (which is by no means universal). It depends on what level of 'overbearingness'/'submissiveness' you take as the norm. It's all relative. What Westerners calls 'submissiveness' may be simply politeness or courtesy to people of other cultures. It's not necessarily a sign of weakness.

In regards to body weight, you can't say Asian women are 'thin' any more than you can say another particular ethnicity is 'fat'. Who sets these standards anyway? As long as people are healthy, body weight depends on metabolism, height and bone structure. Asian women tend to have a lighter frame and faster metabolism. Thus perhaps our definition of 'fat' should be different.

Shura Monday, April 08, 2002 at 05:44:55 (PDT)

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