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It was somewhat of a non sequitur from the conversation. He proceeded to give me a knowing look before launching into a monologue about his ever-enlightening travel experiences and exes overseas. He grins at me. I give him side-eye. This one has lived abroad in South Korea. He tells me he likes my tattoos and asks how my parents feel about them.
Because I am small and Asian, I am fetishised by some white men
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Asian sexual fetishism is a variety of sexual fetishism whereby the primary objects of one's sexual fetishism are persons of Asian descent, and especially East or Southeast Asian descent. The related derogatory term yellow fever describes an exclusive sexual preference for East Asian people i. East Asian sexual fetishism , usually expressed by those of non-East Asian descent. A Western fetish for Asian things developed out of a European tradition of fascination with the East, and a history of othering the inhabitants of those regions. Middle Eastern women were fetishized in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries that contributed into Orientalism , and after the First Opium War in the s and the opening of the Chinese treaty ports to foreign merchants, East Asia became the focus of Western commercial and imperial interest.