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I think there is a historical aspect to this relationship dynamic, going back to World War II and the U.S. victory over Japan, on through the Korean and Vietnam wars. The vast majority of our service members sent over there were white and male, and on a physical level, we were sending our strongest and fittest men to places like the Phillipines, and Korea. So what you have is (in some places) 3 generations worth of women in these countries seeing these American men as more "manly" (deservedly or not) along with 3 generations of servicemen who have had relationships with Asian women. So my thinking is that it is a real, subconcious attraction, with historical causes.
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