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Originally Posted by KirStang
Now, taking an objective view of American society, I see that there are pretty much no Asian 'sex icons' in popular culture. In media, asian guys are almost always seen as the studious, smart, yet subservient type (ie. the computer genius). On the other hand, we have multiple white 'sex symbols.' We have Jude Law, the intellectual sexy, Brad Pitt, the surfer/wild sexy, and of course we have various singers. This would partially explain why asian guys are generally not as lucky with asian girls.
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Exactly. Looking back on 2004, I think the only Asian "singer" to get widespread media attention in USA was William Hung. I mean no offense, but I think he is the image of the stereotypical Asian man in most American's minds.
Also, compare the accents of immigrants to USA. British accents are usually considered to be sexy. Australian accents the same. Even the accents of people from non-English speaking European countries are considered sexy - Italian, Spanish, French accents, etc.
But you never hear anyone saying a thick Japanese accent speaking English is sexy. Instead, East-Asian accented English is, at best, poked fun at ("Engrish").