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Originally posted by Sparhawk
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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I will respond to this since you asked me to.
You didn't mention Imperialism in China, the Spanish-American War and the Philippines, and many other historical events. I don't really think that many Asians are attracted to our machismo attitude. What I do think is happening, is a reaction towards established gender roles in these Asian nations that women are tired of. Confucianism promotes men over women and seeing the liberated attitudes of American women on television probably has more to do with it than anything. That's my take.