I say we do it. I say we throw in a buck or two, get the book, and hold Asian Auditions to see who the asian man is that can perform the tasks.
I have. shrug Life’s unfair. (And no, let’s not resurrect that thread.) Now if you excuse me, I must go study math in preparation to be a doctor or a lawyer. Afterwards, I shall practice either piano or violin. 
Yeah, I pretty much noticed this, having spent 3 years in London. Oriental girls are “exotic”, oriental men are “ugly”.
Frankly, I think it’s rather true. Whites have the classic “man” features that imply high testosterone, such as prominent cheekbones, brow, facial/chest hair, musculature (built asian men just look “wiry”), height… And the orientals have all the features that imply high osterogen levels, like small chin, small build, hairless, hips, etc.
So Chinese men get doubly screwed - they aren’t attractive to any other races’ women, and simultaniously their women are lusted after by just about any race (just look at the “oriental fetish” - it’s almost not a fetish any more).
Glad I’ve already got my sweetie. =^^=
Where are the white women at?
You may not be an asshole, but you might be an idiot.
A priceless line from one of the reviews–
Well, hell! Who doesn’t?
C’mon, keep up with the thread. Asian men don’t…they want the white women
?!?! I, uh, haven’t noticed this.
I have. Frankly, I’m surprised that not everyone notices.
Oh, and Contrapuntal,… Tabby_Cat was obviously speaking in generalities, rather than making absolute claims.
And that brings us to yet another obstacle we Asian men have to overcome – the tendency of our skin to split whenever we flex.
(It’s really in your best interests not to take this train of thought too far.)
Well, I was speaking in attempted humoralities, as the constraints of the forum prevent me from giving a more … specific response.
Huh. I guess I never realized before that apparently I epitomize all that is feminine. It’s no wonder I want a white woman! Then I can truly prove to all the white men that though they may be the image of masculinity, I can steal their women!
Um…no? I love the Asian man look. And I am Indian, so Chinese/Japanese men look nothing like Indian men. I’ve got me one at home. I saw a Japanese man in uniform at the Dunkin Donuts one day and nearly followed him home.
(How is this not insulting anyway?) And they’re not oriental! Oriental is a vase.
Upon reflection it seems Tabby Cat is stating what she has seen, not so much what she feels. I hope.
That would be a generous reading. (Bolding mine.)
I’m not backing Tabby’s, uh, idiosyncratic view of human attractiveness. But I don’t think that Whitey’s Guide to Rice Chasing is the inverse of this book at all – that’s a “manual” for people of the majority who fetishize a minority, either for looks for for an irrational (and oogy!) assumption that Asian girls are meek.
Whereas the title in question (and not having read it, I’m giving it quite a lot of benefit of the doubt) might be about helping a culture-shocked minority make themselves attractive to the bulk of the available dating pool. That is, given the way some Asian men are raised to believe they’re god’s gift, they have little chance to find mates in American society – because no American chicks other than Asian-American women raised in traditional families would possibly swallow that crap (plus they’ve got all us rice chasers to compete against!).
–Cliffy
Well, I kinda dig masculine looking men, and I’ve seen quite a few more than one asian man that made me want to cup my breasts and rub my crotch up and down against the bark of a tree, so there you go.
YMMV and all that. Also, FWIW, I’m pale and white like a fishbelly.
I’m not completely sure where that generalization comes from but believe me, many asians men are painfully aware that Tabby Cat’s view towards asian men is not an unusual one. I truly doubt that many of think that we’re a gift from god in any sense, but probably more hampered by the idea that women of other races are not attracted to us (which Tabby Cat proves is sometimes the case). In fact there are even asian women that refuse to date asian men.
The sad truth is asian women marry outside the race 246% (2000 US Census) more than asian men. Maybe a part of that is pressure from the family to marry one of our own, but my personal obversations lead me to believe that though most asian parents would prefer their son marry an asian, they have little problem with them marrying a woman of a different race. It’s just a lack of options that causes that disparity.
This kind of reminds me of an incident with one of my students back when I was teaching in semi-rural Japan. The topic of conversation turned toward dating and marriage, and a couple of students (40-50ish, working at home or as teachers) mentioned that they wanted their daughters to marry westerners (personally, I think at least a couple were projecting). When I asked about their sons, every one of them wanted their sons to marry Japanese women.