# What causes a fetish for Asian women? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872 "2005-07-02T22:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![XOLegato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/5fc32e/32.png) [@XOLegato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOLegato)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/41 "2005-07-03T17:01:41Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I guess at this point, we’d have to start rounding people up and having them compare the average hotness of a random sampling of Asian and non-Asian women. People who consistently found a standard Asian woman more attractive than a comparable white (or whatever) woman might be said to legitimately have a fetish or preference in that case. Anyone want to put in that kind of work? 😉 heh heh… **R** oundup of **A** sian **W** omen **F** or **E** xotic **T** emptation **I** n **S** tandard **H** otness **RAW FETISH** haha… ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/42 "2005-07-03T19:08:39Z")
When I was little, like five or six, I was convinced that I would never be beautiful because I was white and I thought that Asian women were gorgeous. I was always pulling at the corners of my eyes to make them look “Asian.” ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/43 "2005-07-03T20:15:40Z")
1. I, as well, find the submissive aspect to be a big turn-off. A lot of asian pornography is unwatchable because of this. It seems that half of it is staged to look like it is a step away from rape and that is just creepy. 2. I think that I like asian women because I grew up around them. I live in California, and while growing up asians were the majority. If there was a class of ten kids two would be white, three hispanic, and five asian. It is just what I am used to. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/44 "2005-07-03T20:36:04Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > 1. I, as well, find the submissive aspect to be a big turn-off. A lot of asian pornography is unwatchable because of this. It seems that half of it is staged to look like it is a step away from rape and that is just creepy. That’s why I love Asian dominatrixes in porn… or dominatrixes of any nationality. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/45 "2005-07-04T00:15:02Z")
> [@XOLegato](#): > > heh heh… **R** oundup of **A** sian **W** omen **F** or **E** xotic **T** emptation **I** n **S** tandard **H** otness > > **RAW FETISH** See, this is the kind of thing that makes me wish we had some kind of Doper research foundation. We come up with good ideas AND we can make good acronyms. ---
**Author:** ![XOLegato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/5fc32e/32.png) [@XOLegato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOLegato)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/46 "2005-07-05T06:58:02Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > See, this is the kind of thing that makes me wish we had some kind of Doper research foundation. We come up with good ideas AND we can make good acronyms. **D** opers **U** nderstanding **M** any **B** ewilderingly **A** ccidental **S** cientific **S** ituations and **E** xplaining **S** tuff **DUMB ASSES** ---
**Author:** ![Penchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Penchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penchan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/47 "2005-07-05T07:49:27Z")
The exotic nature stems from centuries of colonization of Asian countries and the fact that all that was being told to the rest of America (as the colonization was taking place) was how mysterious, sensual and obedient Asian women were. So Asian women were seen as a hot commodity for the conquerors/Americans who ‘won their freedom’. In extreme cases, there are a few guys out there who still think of women, especially Asian women as those portrayed on Full Metal Jacket. It’s sad, really. Although it isn’t nearly as bad as that now, those notions about Asian women are still being ingrained into our youth by the media and the overall culture we live in now. Afterall, it was only 10-20 years ago that war movies depicted muscular, white men saving the beautiful Asian prize from the hands of her evil captors. So from these images we saw that Asian women were thin, long-haired and exotic in a way that no other ethnicities were at the time. Then again, feel free to disagree. This is just what I’ve observed while growing up in the U.S. and watching tv/war movies with my dad and brother and things I’ve talked about in my Asian American Studies classes. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/48 "2005-07-05T07:51:08Z")
I don’t care if the girl is a fourth-generation Asian American or if she’s fresh off the damn boat. It’s not a cultural thing. It’s about the LOOK of the Asian woman’s face, for me, anyway. Others may like them for different reasons. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/49 "2005-07-06T01:31:45Z")
> [@XOLegato](#): > > **D** opers **U** nderstanding **M** any **B** ewilderingly **A** ccidental **S** cientific **S** ituations and **E** xplaining **S** tuff > > **DUMB ASSES** For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge… Uh… You! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/50 "2005-07-06T01:56:06Z")
That Michelle Wie is hot. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872/51 "2005-07-06T02:37:06Z")
> [@Argent Towers](#): > > What causes a fetish for Asian women? So … am I the only one who thought this thread was going to be about what fetishes Asian women have themselves? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-fetish-for-asian-women/310872.md?page=2)