Comments on: Marie Claire’s Take On Asian Trophy Wives Gets Severe Backlash http://mochimag.com/blog/2009/08/marie-claires-take-on-asian-trophy-wives-gets-severe-backlash/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:51:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: nicole http://mochimag.com/blog/2009/08/marie-claires-take-on-asian-trophy-wives-gets-severe-backlash/comment-page-1/#comment-126 nicole Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:49:17 +0000 http://mochimag.com/blog/?p=2334#comment-126 catherine_sr.: You bring up a great point. The article's assumption that all Asian women who couple up with white men are submissive and vixen-ish is an offensive stereotype to the Asian female population. Luckily, all the negative reaction out there shows that most people aren't so narrow-minded as to subscribe to this belief. Mochi Magazine: Thanks for bringing up the article. It's quite controversial, and by bringing this piece to light one can discover the general public sentiment towards the stereotype mentioned in the article. (As I've mentioned above, the reaction so far is tending towards the negative, so that's a positive sign-- in my opinion.) catherine_sr.:

You bring up a great point. The article’s assumption that all Asian women who couple up with white men are submissive and vixen-ish is an offensive stereotype to the Asian female population. Luckily, all the negative reaction out there shows that most people aren’t so narrow-minded as to subscribe to this belief.

Mochi Magazine:

Thanks for bringing up the article. It’s quite controversial, and by bringing this piece to light one can discover the general public sentiment towards the stereotype mentioned in the article. (As I’ve mentioned above, the reaction so far is tending towards the negative, so that’s a positive sign– in my opinion.)

]]> By: Mochi Blog | Teen Reactions to Marie Claire’s Article On “Asian Trophy Wives” http://mochimag.com/blog/2009/08/marie-claires-take-on-asian-trophy-wives-gets-severe-backlash/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Mochi Blog | Teen Reactions to Marie Claire’s Article On “Asian Trophy Wives” Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:35:13 +0000 http://mochimag.com/blog/?p=2334#comment-125 [...] week, we saw how Marie Claire’s article on “Asian trophy wives” incited reactions among the blogosphere, and it led us to wonder how the younger generation of [...] [...] week, we saw how Marie Claire’s article on “Asian trophy wives” incited reactions among the blogosphere, and it led us to wonder how the younger generation of [...]

]]> By: catherine_sr. http://mochimag.com/blog/2009/08/marie-claires-take-on-asian-trophy-wives-gets-severe-backlash/comment-page-1/#comment-123 catherine_sr. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:13:30 +0000 http://mochimag.com/blog/?p=2334#comment-123 I was one of the readers who commented negatively on the MC article. As I said there, I've been the target of many creeps with obvious Asian fetishes since I hit puberty. At times, I've even felt somewhat endangered, in addition to emotionally violated, and it certainly added some complications to my dating life. But I'm now happily married to a white man, and it saddens me when I read articles like Ying Chu's and see women like myself characterized as "submissive," "opportunist" or "hypersexual" -- the very same stereotypes that those creeps I had to outrun (once literally) projected onto me. As an Asian American, I don't want to be defined solely by my race, no matter how proud I am of my heritage. As a woman, I don't want to be defined by the men in my life, no matter how important they are to me. I don't think that's too much to ask. On a related note -- I am an avid reader of blogs about Asian American issues, and I've read a good number of posts that also criticize Asian American women in relationships with white men (I'm not talking about mochi blog... you guys are very levelheaded). This makes me worry for the Hapa kids we will have one day. What kind of stereotypes will they have to deal with? Will they feel just as excluded from the Asian American community at the same time they inevitably run into prejudice from center members of the white majority? I want them to be proud of their Asian American heritage and feel a sense of warmth from it -- not a sense of exclusion. I was one of the readers who commented negatively on the MC article. As I said there, I’ve been the target of many creeps with obvious Asian fetishes since I hit puberty. At times, I’ve even felt somewhat endangered, in addition to emotionally violated, and it certainly added some complications to my dating life. But I’m now happily married to a white man, and it saddens me when I read articles like Ying Chu’s and see women like myself characterized as “submissive,” “opportunist” or “hypersexual” — the very same stereotypes that those creeps I had to outrun (once literally) projected onto me. As an Asian American, I don’t want to be defined solely by my race, no matter how proud I am of my heritage. As a woman, I don’t want to be defined by the men in my life, no matter how important they are to me. I don’t think that’s too much to ask.

On a related note — I am an avid reader of blogs about Asian American issues, and I’ve read a good number of posts that also criticize Asian American women in relationships with white men (I’m not talking about mochi blog… you guys are very levelheaded). This makes me worry for the Hapa kids we will have one day. What kind of stereotypes will they have to deal with? Will they feel just as excluded from the Asian American community at the same time they inevitably run into prejudice from center members of the white majority? I want them to be proud of their Asian American heritage and feel a sense of warmth from it — not a sense of exclusion.

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