The Weird History of Asian Sex Stereotypes | Decoded | MTV News

Franchesca Ramsey: https://twitter.com/chescaleigh Brought to you with love by: http://mtvother.com Produced by: http://www.kornhaberbrown.com Written By: Ben O'Keefe https://twitter.com/benjaminokeefe If you take a look at popular culture there's a pretty strange divide between Asian women and Asian men. Asian women are adored and fetishized by men of many ethnicities, while Asian men are rarely seen as sex symbols of any kind. Why? Well these stereotypes don't come from nowhere, they actually evolved from a long and twisted history of war, trade, and persecution of American citizens. Watch the episode to learn more. Special Guests: Lily Du - https://twitter.com/lilyd Hstau Liao Sources: Asian Dating Data http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/11/30/247530095/are-you-interested-dating-odds-favor-white-men-asian-women http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12/okcupid-race_n_5811840.html Asian Women https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/millennial-media/201104/what-is-exotic-beauty-part-ii-the-case-the-asian-fetish https://bitchmedia.org/article/the-madame-butterfly-effect-asian-fetish-history-pop-culture http://operabase.com/top.cgi?lang=en http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/asian-woman-fetishes-hurtful/ http://www.politico.eu/article/my-body-was-not-mine-but-the-u-s-militarys/ Asian Men: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1164&context=tma http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/11/lies-asian-american-men/ https://mic.com/articles/116626/6-dating-myths-about-asian-men-that-just-need-to-go#.iXkneWr6P For more on racial stereotypes go to: http://www.lookdifferent.org/topics/4-racial-stereotypes Subscribe to MTV News: https://goo.gl/cXCwIK More from MTV News: Official MTV News Website: http://www.mtv.com/news/ Like MTV News: https://www.facebook.com/mtvnews Follow MTV News: https://twitter.com/mtvnews MTV News Google+: https://goo.gl/uJT2aO MTV News on Tumblr: http://mtvnews.tumblr.com/ MTV News Instagram: https://instagram.com/mtvnews/ MTV News on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/mtvnews/