tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post401204201789886160..comments2024-03-26T19:47:09.310+08:00Comments on Lao Ren Cha - 老人茶: My Feminist Rant - Wooooooohooooo!Jenna Lynn Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-44657673808609866712012-02-21T19:54:33.028+08:002012-02-21T19:54:33.028+08:00I just wanted to add that today I told a class of ...I just wanted to add that today I told a class of mostly women about that "Western men like Asian women because they're cute" blog post, and they all went "Pfffffft" (one blew a raspberry). I said I told the Facebook person who linked to it exactly what I thought of such festering crud, and got defriended (shocked looks), "but it was no big loss" (laughter and Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-4405719028066274212012-02-21T14:35:32.070+08:002012-02-21T14:35:32.070+08:00I suspect there's a double feedback issue that...I suspect there's a double feedback issue that occurs:. On the one hand, the images and attitudes of a certain culture (nurture) push people in certain directions, and in the other, a lot/most people reinforce many aspects of these things because it gives them some kind of identity, and culture/belonging is a powerful thing, and many people would prefer not to think for themselves and Nick Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543497413262895759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-18589488065966297732012-02-19T12:35:00.609+08:002012-02-19T12:35:00.609+08:00Haha happy to be of assistance! I don't doubt ...Haha happy to be of assistance! I don't doubt that there are Asian women who are not as tough in character as others, but I do find it interesting that I have never met one. It makes me wonder where the heck this idea of all Asian women as meek and mild ever came from.<br /><br />Looking forward to your post on the men's side of things. May your comments section be filled with thoughtful Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16731173186767835989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-24255530414024922162012-02-19T12:06:11.003+08:002012-02-19T12:06:11.003+08:00I'm happy the first comment wasn't some id...I'm happy the first comment wasn't some idiot coming in here to hang himself with his own words (although I will likely get a few of those - goes with the territory). <br /><br />I have an upcoming post on Asian men which attacks this notion of Asian men as non-masculine (and also attacks the notion that Asian men don't like Western women - yeah, no, not quite right, that even though Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-29082825392896473732012-02-19T11:58:31.089+08:002012-02-19T11:58:31.089+08:00Thank you! Exactly that.
From another angle I am...Thank you! Exactly that. <br /><br />From another angle I am sooooo sick and tired of people coming at me with the "Asian men are less masculine" crap. It's just as bad and insidious as the "Asian Women are cuter" line. I know screeds of Asian women and they come in all personality types, but absolutely none of them are a pushover. Not a single one.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16731173186767835989noreply@blogger.com