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Love Asian American-Style: Valentine's Edition Special
Annual Focus on Love, Sex, Relationships, Beauty, and all that (Asian) Jazz
By Asian American Village
Main Features
Weak in the Knees: Revisiting the "Nice Chinese Boy"
By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, AAV Contributing Editor
Taking an appreciative second look at Beautiful Asian Men (and a
third, and fourth...)
The Asian Branding of Sexuality
By Jillian Glaeser, AAV Contributor
Sex sells, and Asian-themed sex sells a lot. Is it Orientalism or
cultural openness?
(Warning: This
article discusses products and themes of an adult nature. Viewer discretion
advised.)
Marshmallows, Elephant Weddings, and Hotel-Room Sex
By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, AAV Contributing Editor
Valentine's Day in Asia is a blend of Western marketing of love and
love of western marketing
Macho, with Syrup: Valentine's Day in the Philippines
By Steven Knipp, Pacific News Service
A heady mix of Catholicism and Hollywood schlock, Valentine's Day evokes
questions about colonial roots and the future
Way Beyond Chocolate: Valentine's Sweets Asian/Pacific-Style
By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang,AAV Contributing Editor
Sweets for the sweet: Indonesian, Thai, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, more
Finding a Boyfriend for My Vietnamese Mom --
Online
By Thuy Ngo, New America Media
After breaking up with her boyfriend, a woman decides her daughter
will help her peruse the online personals
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By the Numbers
In 1999,
34% of A/PIs 15 years old and over had never
married, compared with 24% of non-Hispanic Whites.
Of the
remainder, 53% were married and living with
spouse, 5% divorced, 4% widowed, and 3% married with no spouse
present
Which ethnic Asians are most likely to marry...
Other
Ethnic Asians: Japanese
Own Ethnic group: Vietnamese
Black men: Indian
Black women: Japanese
Hispanic men: Filipino
Hispanic women: Filipino
White men: Korean & Japanese
White women: Filipino & Japanese
[See
By the Numbers: Dating, Marriage, and Race in Asian America
by CN Le] |
Dating, Mating, and Other Perils
By the Numbers: Dating, Marriage, and Race in Asian America
By C.N. Le, Asian Nation
So, who's dating who? Studies consistently show that Asian Americans
have the highest "outmarriage" rates. But as always, there's more to the
story than just the headline.
So Your Family
Wants to Set You Up?
By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, AAV Contributing Editor
With arranged marriages not so far in our past, many Asian families love to play
matchmaker, much to the chagrin of the younger generation. Should you do it? How do you
survive it? How do you get out of it?
LGBT APA Family Portraits
By Lynda Lin, Pacific Citizen
In the heated debate over gay rights,
LGBT APAs caught in a ‘social twilight’ are defining their own
meaning of love and family
Valentine's Day-themed Trivia
By the U.S. Census Bureau
How many single Asian men are out there for every Asian woman,
vice-versa, and other fun factoids
Census: Characteristics
of APA Couples and Families
By the U.S. Census Bureau
More factoids on topics such as marital status, racial statistics of couples,
size and family characteristics, and more
Love Vibe-R-Asian
By Yayoi Lena Winfrey, AAV Contributing Editor
The perils of finding a date or netting a mate online
Pervs, Politicos and Prey: Ethnic Media and the Problem of "Hack
Marketing"
By SD Ikeda, Editor
How online ethnic media are targeted by identity stealers and
traffic poachers, and what can be done about it (sort of)
Meet Virtual Girlfriend … A New Era in Dating?
By Caroline Aoyagi, Pacific Citizen
Q&A with the chairman and CEO of
Hong Kong's Artificial Life, Inc.
Living Single (and Eurasian)
By Carmen Van Kerckhove, EurasianNation
Survey looks at dating experiences, and preferences, among single Eurasians
Secret Asian Man: Never Gets the Girl
By Tak Toyoshima, AAV Artist-in-Residence
(Cartoon) The thanks that Asian heroes get in Hollywood leave much
to be, err, desired...
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