The stereotype of Asian are emasculine is related to the
appearance of Asians. Asians are typically stereotyped as short and
having less body hair than whites. Therefore, they are prejudiced
as having less androgens and testosterone than whites. [12]
However, some studies suggest that Asians have less hair is due to
less sensitive hair follicles, not the amount of testosterone. [13]
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[edit] Gangster stereotype
A common Asian stereotype is that of the rowdy, uncontrollable
young male. In Asian cultures parents take special care in
upbringing their children to be well mannered and respectful to
others. [15] While this of course depends on the conditions of the
child's upbringing (such as economic stability), Asian people are
renowned for being honorable and respectful. Despite this, many
view Asians (particularly those who have immigrated from their
homeland to a Western country) as being disrespectful, violent and
untrustworthy criminals. As a result of these two contradicting
views, Asians are categorized by Westerners into two groups. The
studious, polite and intelligent group and the violent, destructive
"gangsters". This image has been further fueled in the Western
world by Asian drug hoarding circles. It is those such as Bali Nine
drug ringleader Andrew Chan who contribute to the creation of such
image.
[edit] Misogynist
A common stereotype of Asian men is that they are misogynist, too
sensitive and disrespecting to women. They are commonly referred as
male chauvinists. [16] [17] [18] This stereotype originated from
Asian media that portray Asian men as sexist. [18]
The Joy Luck Club is particularly consistent with this racial
cliche because it portrays Chinese culture (especially Chinese
males) as being negative and restrictive to the freedoms of Chinese
females. This in turn might allow for a refreshing picture of white
men to somehow liberate Chinese women. About the time the movie
made its debut in theatres, many Asian Americans (many of them
Chinese American) were offended by the negative portrayal of Asian
men in this film. Such screen portrayals are consistent with the
restriction and/or absence of Asian American masculinity in the
western media. [1]
[edit] Stereotypes of Asian women
Main article: Stereotypes of East and Southeast Asians (media
portrayal) #Asian women
[edit] Hypersexuality
See also: Asian fetish
Asian women have been portrayed as aggressive sexual beings.
Western film and literature has promoted stereotypes of Asian
women, such as depicting Asian women as cunning "Dragon
Ladies",[19][20][21] as servile "Lotus Blossom Babies", "China
dolls", "Geisha girls", war brides, or prostitutes.[22] Japanese
media have also at times sensationalistically promoted the
stereotype of Japanese women overseas as "yellow cabs".[23] UC
Berkeley Professor of Asian American Studies Elaine Kim has argued
that the stereotype of Asian women as submissive sex objects has
impeded women's economic mobility and has fostered increased demand
in mail-order brides and ethnic pornography.[24] Other contributors
to these stereotypes come from the widespread proliferation of
pornography, especially on the internet and the globalization of
the industry. Japan, especially, has one of the largest adult video
markets in the world[25] and many of these are exported overseas,
contributing to a highly sexualized image of Asian women in
general.
More nuanced treatments of stereotypes come from movies like The
World of Suzie Wong (1960) (also a book) where the Asian woman's
appeal comes partially from her "orientalness" expressed through
their clothing, language and attitudes, and from the fact they
serve as cultural and gender guides for foreign men. In these
movies, white men are fairy-tale knights and their love functions
as a redemptive force for fallen Asian women. Staci Ford of
University of Hong Kong concludes that stereotypical depictions of
women in general created by sexist white men continue to haunt
movies even though they now have a disguised form.[26]
Stereotype of unassimilation
According to political science professor/author/scholar Claire Jean
Kim, Asian Americans have been racially triangulated in American
society in relation to America's preexisting deeply-rooted
black-white bipolar racial dichotomy. This theory is the
intersection of the model minority stereotype and the Perpetual
Foreigner stereotype. In America's preexisting system of racial
valorization, whites have been considered the dominant "superior"
group while blacks have been considered a subordinate "inferior"
group, often stereotyped as being lazy, cultureless, and primitive
throughout American history. Within this spectrum of racial
valorization, the dominant group has valued Asian Americans as
being "superior" to blacks, and are stereotyped as being a
hard-working intelligent people (model minority) having an ancient
venerable culture, but still "inferior". However, in the other
dimension of this theory, both whites and blacks, regardless of
valorization, are considered to be "insiders" to American culture;
thoroughly assimilated and native to America. Asian Americans, on
the other hand, despite their "superior" valorization by the
dominant group in relation to other minorities, are still
considered to be unassimilable perpetual "foreigners," inherently
fixed in their own exotic Asian cultures and unable to adapt to
American ways.[27]
all of these stereotypes come from this page...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_East_and_Southeast_Asians
