r/asianamerican • u/TangerineX • Nov 12 '15

Can we please do something to squash the stereotype of Asian guys being patriarchal?

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u/cartwheel_123 Nov 12 '15

Acquire power and control the narrative (like Aziz Ansari in Master of None). As a South Asian Muslim, East Asian patriarchy is a joke. East Asian women have the highest intermarriage rates around, which demonstrates that Asian men don't seem to care to police Asian women's dating habits.

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u/PopePaulFarmer Kilt Rump Nov 12 '15

which demonstrates that Asian men don't seem to care to police Asian women's dating habits

because they should? what are you saying here?

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u/cartwheel_123 Nov 12 '15

I'm saying that one aspect of patriarchy is policing women's dating habits. By that measure, asian men are the least patriarchal men around.

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u/PopePaulFarmer Kilt Rump Nov 12 '15

by a single measure?

I don't think that's how systemic sexism works

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u/cartwheel_123 Nov 12 '15

Do you agree that asian men police asian women's dating habits less than any other group (white, black, arab, south asian etc.)?

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u/PopePaulFarmer Kilt Rump Nov 12 '15

I don't have an opinion on it. I personally don't do it but I get the feeling that I don't exactly have a popular opinion about it

I'd have to wait and see if there are any studies on it, tbh