Asians
By EricMesa
- 2 minutes read - 214 wordsI’ve been accused by some of having an asian fetish, but I don’t. I think I just have an asian preference. Mere mincing of words? I don’t think so. To me a fetish implies a desire for asian things (culture, people, etc) that accepts all things asian and rejects most things non-asian. Let’s start with culture, for example. There are a lot of things I like about the asian culture, especially the respect for elders and strong family ties. I also like the fact that, at least in Japan, people take a much more lax attitude towards things like nudity. As long as it’s not porn, what’s wrong with the female (or male) nude? I mean, here in the US, people got mad when a magazine printed a cover with a baby being breastfed. What’s more innocent than a baby being breastfed? Yet, American (puritan-based) culture finds it so offensive.
However, there as some things I disagree about with asian culture (and again, my major reference point is japan). For example, the whole ridiculous loyalty to a company or to the group - I don’t like that. If there’s one American value they have done a good job socializing me to internalize it’s that independence and the will of the individual is very important!