Some Asian Men Would Love To Be Seen As Sex Objects

[matcom]

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Wanting to know what the mostly Asian American class considered desirable, professor Darrell Hamamoto asked: What posters are on your bedroom walls? After an uncomfortable silence, Hamamoto got the names he expected — celebrities such as Brad Pitt. There wasn't an Asian among them, which reinforced what he has long believed: that clichés and stereotypes about Asian men have rendered them sexual afterthoughts.

"You aren't creating your own images," the 50-year-old Japanese American told the UC Davis class. "Make your own movies. You have to take it into your own hands." Like Hamamoto, hundreds of Asian American men are writing books and poems and creating websites in hopes of redefining themselves by combating the enduring notion that they are sub-masculine. Many are offended that Asian men are projected as power players when it comes to intellectual intercourse but bystanders in the world of romance.

"Racist myths and assumptions about smaller stature … smaller eyes — and less sexual and erotic drive — have stymied the development and acceptance of Asian American men as full erotic beings," writes novelist and UCLA professor Russell Leong in the foreword of "On a Bed of Rice," a collection of Asian American erotic literature.

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-et-pierson12may12.story

[djeseru]

1. Isn't this the same...

...guy who on the Daily Show said that he was wanting to make Asian porn videos? I remember the segment had George Takai...

[FDRrocks]

2. Yea it is...

It's interesting that he agreed to be involved in that too... because the comedy of it played off the racial stereotypes he seems opposed too.

That was damned funny though.

Oh yea: http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/7715196p-8654722c.html

[Sequoia]

3. Jet Li is hot!

So was that guy in "Godzilla". I've seen lots of handsome Asians with their thick dark hair. Some white so-called hunks are just washed out with pale skin that burns in the sun and are loud and crass. It truly could just be a matter of marketing after all. Maybe images of sexy Asians male ought to be used more often, and films too, instead of everyone doing kung-fu all the time. Oh, and what about Bruce Lee? Now he was beautiful, inside and out. As a kid I liked Sulu on Star Trek.

[ihaveaquestion]

5. Sulu was my favorite too!

[ihaveaquestion]

4. I don't know what he's talking about.

I'm an American white female and I think Asian men are really sexy!

There's Chou Yun Fat, Jet Li, Jackie Chan and OMG, I almost forgot Bruce Lee!

So much sexier than any white guys.

[TrogL]

6. There's a whole asian subgenre of gay porn

and no, I will not explain how I know that

[pagerbear]

7. I've seen some Asian men I'd like to objectify!