Asian Bride Stereotypes

So (2006) excepts that that international matchmaking organisations source women from various third world countries but for the sake of her journal she focuses on the rhetoric of Asian brides, to explore the insistence of exploitation and connects gender, race and capital in the era of globalisation. Globalists may argue that Asian brides are the inevitable result of technological, economic and social changes. Humans are on the move, seeking out ways to address their needs beyond the restrictions and borders of their homelands. It could be argued that this applies to both the U.S. men and Asian women who are the subject of So’s (2006) research. Modern transportation and communication technology are perfect tools to aid their search. To fully …show more content…
He referred to the ‘Yellow Peril’ stereotype that viewed the Chinese as a population of criminals and prostitutes. Women were viewed as immoral due to widespread prostitution and Chinese men as a threat to white labour. Therefore, the Chinese were seen to seriously jeopardise the American race and moral integrity and therefore should be strictly controlled. The stereotype of the Asian bride and sex worker was further compounded by the War Brides Act of 1945. Yuh (2002) discusses how Asian women and their ‘pimps’ had cashed in on the American military involvement in Asia through camp town prostitution. Asian brides of American servicemen suffered discrimination as they were often assumed to have been camp town prostitutes. Suzie Wong and Madam Butterfly are perfect examples of the western ideologies of eroticism relating to Asian women. These historical ideologies may have reinforced the stereotype of the Asian bride and contributed to increasing anxieties surrounding Asian women infiltrating U.S. families, culture and …show more content…
So (2006) does not mention that he also gunned down two of her friends that accompanied her and that she was 7 months pregnant, The Seattle Times (1995) damning headline fails to alert readers of the tragic crime committed that day but instead insinuates, almost justifies the actions of a gunman whose manipulative wife conned him into marrying her with ulterior motives. So (2006) informs us that the article provided details of the poverty Timothy had to endure whilst visiting his wife in the Philippines and the amount of money that exchanged hands. However, on inspection of the article we discovered that So (2006) fails to mention how the author describes a sexual encounter that again hints that Susan manipulate Timothy through sexual persuasion. So (2006), uses this article to demonstrate the media’s fixation on the economics of mail-order brides. This is confirmed in the insinuation that U.S. women’s continued commitment to the workplace has left men with no alternative but to seek marital partners from economically impoverish countries, with very few prospects but that have an eagerness to seek a husband from a first world country. These men then incur costs from international matchmaking organisations, establishing the relationship, financially providing for their