Asian Women As China Dolls

The play focuses on three prominent stereotypical ideas that Western males hold concerning Eastern women: the submission of Asian women to Western males, knowledge in handling the female body, and their desires for masculine Western counterparts. Ultimately, M. Butterfly addresses culturally constructed stereotypes as powerful and limiting.

Among the stereotypes of Asian Americans, the myth of the Model Minority and Panethnic Identity are among the easiest to attribute to Asian Americans. What exactly are these stereotypes? How did they come about? Whose responsible for perpetuating these terms? And what harm are they are they doing to Asian Americans anyway?

In his essay “Paper Tigers,” Wesley Yang discusses his own experiences as an Asian American, tying them into the larger picture of Asians functioning in American society today. Yang’s argument is that even though Asian Americans are one of the most successful ethnicities in the country, stereotypes that Asian Americans are exposed to affect the way other Americans view them. Because of personal bias and racism, human society fails to see other people for who they are and put too much emphasis on what they are supposed to or not supposed to be in America today. Stereotypes cloud people’s vision and judgment and keep some from achieving their goals because others have a pre-created

Traditionally, Asian cultures were male dominated. O’Brien (2015) explained that women were expected to live by the four Virtues: chastity and obedience, shyness, a pleasing demeanor, and skill in the performance of domestic duties. This tradition was first disrupted by the Japanese relocation camps during WWII. While in relocation camps, women were required to get jobs as well as the men to support the family. Women also had more free time to learn skills such as English. In traditional Asian cultures, women typically were not free to choose who they married. Instead, women were arranged to marry a man. In the relocation camps, women often found men that they married on their own

Asians may be seen as inferior individuals is because they were one of the last

As the media portrayals of East Asian women are getting better and they do not get as much stereotypical roles as compared to before, we still have to be aware of how fetishization of East Asian women still remains in pop

The stereotypes of Chinese immigrants and Chinese immigrant women in particular shaped the way the government created legislation, with laws passed to keep them out of the country. This in turn caused a stigma to form around Asian immigrants. The power of perception played a prominent role in the racial discrimination and social conditions that Chinese women faced in the late 19th century and beyond.

Individuals in this world tend to be judgmental, and judge people in groups instead of the personality. Yet, in the article, “Asian American and Stereotypes”, Denise Wong Peck claims, “As Asian American, we are too often judged not by our individual characters, but by stereotypes” (Peck). Peck explains that as Asian Americans; people do not see Asians as individuals but rather as copies; since Americans assume Asians are all good at the same thing. For example, some people assume that all African Americans are good athletes. This is a common stereotype to explain the reason

the women had expectations to be a real woman and marriage was often forced without the woman's say. Women were idolized as perfect beings with no flaws and no say in many things, since men dubbed the philosophy upon them, they were “objects”. In china women were respected among their families, and in greece women were also seen as objects and given no voice in who they would marry. Today it is different, although women are still considered inferior today, we can still choose who we would like to marry and we also have many rights.

Although Asian Americans comprise only about 5% of the U.S. population, this group is the fastest growing segment of American society. Despite such rapid expansion, Asian Americans are widely underrepresented throughout media, whether in television, cinema, or literature. Moreover, there are different stereotypes associated with Asian Americans. One of the most pervasive stereotypes details how Asian Americans are a “model minority”. In essence, this myth describes how anyone who is Asian American will become a successful individual able to achieve the “American dream”.

For 20 years, Asian Americans have been portrayed by the press and the media as a successful minority. Asian Americans are believed to benefit from astounding achievements in education, rising occupational statuses, increasing income, and are problem-fee in mental health and crime. The idea of Asian Americans as a model minority has become the central theme in media portrayal of Asian Americans since the middle 1960s. The term model minority is given to a minority group that exhibits middle class characteristics, and attains some measure of success on its own without special programs or welfare. Asian Americans are seen as a model minority because even though they have faced prejudice and

Asian stereotypes are a product of prevailing myths propagated by various media, from books, plays, movies, television, to even historical propaganda. Generally speaking, the stereotyping of Asian women often swing to extreme types: the docile, subservient sexual object, or the dragon lady. Asian Americans only make up a small percentage of the United States population and live mostly on the west and east coasts of mainland United States and Hawaii. Consequently, the rest of the American population will most likely get their exposures to Asian Americans through television and movies. Popular media exposure to Asian Americans lacks one-on-one acquaintance with Asian Americans. It hinders the process

Asians have the “China Doll” subservient Asian stereotype and the “Dragon Lady” stereotype. The China Doll doesn’t put up a fight, she listens to men especially her male partner. This stereotype can be compared to the Mammy stereotype but the China Doll stereotype can be sexual whereas the Mammy isn’t viewed as sexual. The China Doll and the Mammy obey and accept their submissiveness.

The article “China Doll” by Alaina Wong was a narrative about feeling different. Alaina Wong is a Chinese girl who grew up in New Jersey. She talks about this idea of beauty and what the media defines beauty as. Though she never out right defines what beauty is to her, she talks about the perfect Barbie, and how the perfect Barbie has long blonde hair and a quintessential smile. She then receives a gift for Christmas which is a doll named Kira, and she has long straight jet black hair and Wong feels as if this doll doesn't measure up to her friend, Sarah’s Princess Barbie.

Don’t be racist, be PewDiePie. He is Swedish, looks American, lives in the UK, has an Italian girlfriend, and likes Mexican candy. The U.S. is no longer as racist as it used to be, as 200 years ago, you were likely a slave because of your skin color. However, today many Americans are being racist to Asians in a new way: stereotyping. Hello, I’m Dexter Chen, and today I will be discussing why you shouldn’t stereotype Asians because stereotypes aren’t true, are extremely discouraging, and because stereotyping is offensive in general. Before we get into this topic, let me explain what stereotyping is. Stereotyping is judging a group, religion, ethnicity, or even gender, although these stereotypes might not reflect on reality. This is caused by social media, the human tendency to reduce complex things to simple things, and prejudice. You might be thinking to yourself: Gee, how is stereotyping offensive? It’s just a playful way of describing someone! If you are thinking that doubtful thought, then pay attention, because I will show you why you shouldn’t stereotype anyone, especially Asians.