Advertisement“When society does not allow Asian men to take the jobs that white men do, Asian men are forced to do all the jobs that women would historically have done, like laundry work,” Han said, noting that Asian men were often seen as incapable of governing themselves and were infantilized by American society. Some Asian men have found an unusual venue for combating these powerful stereotypes ― sex work. Beyond working for financial survival, they say they are constantly challenging stereotypes imposed on queer Asian men. The hyper-sexualization of Asian women, Han said, is similar to the fetishization of Asian men, at least to some degree. On Grindr, a popular social networking app for LGBTQ men, many users filter out Asian men by adding “no Asians” in their profile introduction, while some “rice queens” — non-Asian men who are attracted to men of Asian descent — fetishize Asian men.

Source: Huffington Post May 28, 2022 03:37 UTC