SMNTY Classics: The Asian Fetish

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Society & Culture

4.0 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

The fetishization of East Asian women, derisively referred to as "yellow fever," is as old as the Silk Road. In this classic episode, we unpack the history and Hollywood perpetuation of stereotyping Asian women as either submissive lotus flowers or cunning dragon ladies, defined only by their exoticism and sexuality.

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