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Apr 2, 2013 · Most men with Yellow Fever know that they have Yellow Fever. They know they are more attracted to women of Asian ethnicity, but they are often unclear why.
A common term used for Asian fetishization (particularly with East and Southeast Asians) is yellow fever. The term is used as a derogatory pun on the disease of the same name, comparing those with a fetish for East and Southeast Asians or "Orientals" to people who are infected with a disease.
Oct 3, 2016 · This is likely due to the global economic conditions under which many Asian immigrant women of lower-class backgrounds enter marriages with White men. But the result, which conforms to an implicit logic of racial hierarchy, is that White men with yellow fever are often viewed as men unable to date White women. They are, in other words ...
- Robin Zheng
- 2016
‘Yellow fever’ – a phenomenon whereby men (usually white) fetishise Asian women – is terrifyingly common, and in the age of online dating, your exotic dream girl is only a click away. “But what’s wrong with having preferences?” I hear you cry. “We all have types!”
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Dec 16, 2015 · As one woman puts it: ‘Asian fetishism has a long history of being brushed off as a compliment, rather than offensive or bigoted. I’ve been told I ought to be flattered that so many non-Asian men “prefer” Asians and Asian American women’ (Chang 2006: 5; see also sMash 2012).
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Feb 4, 2016 · “Yes, he has yellow fever,” my friend confirms. No, not the potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes, but rather a preference for Asian women. The term...
Jul 1, 2014 · As a Chinese, single woman in the UK - where I have rarely come across racism – my East Asian friends and I have encountered a fair share of men with telltale signs of yellow fever. But...
