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Dear White Guys: Your Asian Fetish Is Showing

An Asian fetish is a strong sexual or romantic preference for people of Asian descent or heritage. The term usually refers to women specifically of East or Southeast Asian descent, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] though this may also include those of South Asian descent. The origins of the Asian fetish are unclear. White male Dutch colonists fetishized Southeast Asian women in colonial Indonesia , on the basis of the darker skin and hair color of the local women. Studies of physical attractiveness have demonstrated that Asian women are ranked as the most physically attractive women in Western countries , [9] and they are the most desired women in online dating. The psychological effects of the fetish are unclear. Some authors have suggested that the fetish may be flattering to Asian women, [12] while others believe it is harmful to their self-esteem, as it can reduce their self-worth to their physical attributes. The derogatory term yellow fever is sometimes used to describe the fetishization of East Asians and Southeast Asian women by non-Asians, as well as having a preference for dating or marrying women of East Asian and Southeast Asian origin. It has been posited that modern Asian fetishism in the United States emerged in the aftermath of United States-led wars in Asia.

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Lillian , a something who lives in New York and Boston, is a single Asian American woman who actively dates. Needless to say, her Tinder inbox is a hot mess. Those creepy-crawly experiences on dating apps led Lillian to create The Fleshlight Chronicles , an Instagram account where she showcases the worst offenders on Tinder and other apps. She posts screenshots of their messages alongside photos of herself looking stoic, fierce and totally over it. She posts those, too.

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I was born in a small port town in Japan and moved to Eugene, Oregon, when I was 5 years old, where I lived until I graduated college. Friends casually called us racial slurs. I brushed most of these comments off as well-intentioned, if misguided, jokes. And old stereotypes about Asian men persist.

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Asian women are more than just the “Oxford study” | Identity Unveiled

An article published by the Oxford University Press examines romantic relationships between Asian females and white males, specifically in television advertisements. While the article discusses this interracial relationship, the content of the piece focuses on the typecasting of Asian women in commercials that fetishizes them. To me, this study seemed more relevant to what the commenters on the aforementioned TikTok videos were referring to.

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