Originally Posted by Date the Banana

The lack of Asian boy/western girl relationships might have as much to do with the Asian mother situation as anything else. A lot of the Asian guys I've spoken to have said their mother would never permit them to marry a white girl. Is that the rule? No, there are exceptions. However, for whatever reasons Asian families often have less of a problem with their daughters dating interracially.
What do you guys say? If you're an Asian guy has your mother/father/grandmother etc said anything or made you aware of a bias about marrying an Asian girl? Girls? Same question in reverse. I'd be interested to see the results.

Ah yes, the ol' "Jewish Mother Syndrome".

With no scientific data, I would speculate based on cultural norms (extended to Confucian societies in general) that yes, since the daughter is "less prized" or more to the point, does not carry on the family name, she is actually a burden, So "good riddance" (figure of speech here) if she marries some white dude. And, if she gets a green card, that opens the door for the rest of the family to emigrate so it is a good incentive.

In the case of sons, it is preferred (assumed variable) that a "pure blood" (RE: full Asian) is desired for a mate to preserve bloodlines, family name/honor what have you.

Also, some Asian chicks date white dudes just to piss off their families too. Kind of like white chicks dating black dudes to piss off their families. Kind of like white dudes dating Latina chicks to piss off their families (West Side story anyone?? You get point...


As for the Japanese comment above, that is mostly true, and yet my girlfriend has no desire to leave Japan, or even learn English, so if she's dating me to get away from Japanese life she's being very sly about it...