Per Evil's Request

Evil asked one of us to review this article and report back. As someone who is himself beguiled by my wife’s “long silky hair, nut-brown skin, and perfume of orange and spice on her breath,” I feel particularly well qualified to address this topic.

The article is a mess, and I don’t recommend reading it. It is a semi-critical review of a book that semi-defends the practice of white male-Asian female sex. Two thirds of the article is dedicated to Marco-Polo/Commodore Perry-era sexual servitude, which, while not un-fascinating, is certainly not of much interest to the issue today. Yes, life for women sucked in 1805. We all get it.

Another 20% of the article attempts to characterize Western man’s fascination with Eastern women, with frequent reference to Bangkok brothels. This whole formulation is problematic. Anyone who has ever been to Prague or Rio or N’Djamena knows that middle-aged men’s desire for hot, cheap teenage ass is by no means an Asian phenomenon. For a 55 year old man, paying $10 to have sex with a girl a third his age is exotic, whether she is from Bangkok or Bratislava. Three quarters of the third-world is Asian, which gives them a more visible role in this trade, but they do not hold a monopoly.

The article, and presumably the book, never takes up the most interesting side of the issue: white male/Asian female pairings in the West. Scrubbed of the socio-economic baggage that exists in places like Bangkok, this particular pairing happens with remarkable frequency in places like San Francisco and NYC.

This article presents the most scientific study I’ve seen on that issue. The findings are intriguing. In ranking potential partners, men show a bias for hotness, but basically no racial bias. They’ll nail anyone hot. Women of every color, however, show a strong same-race preference, with one exception: Asian women show equal preference for white and Asian males (Hispanic and black dudes are SOL). In short, these relationships happen because they are the only mixed-race combination that women allow to happen (men would have many more mixed-race pairings). Thus unwinds the Asian Fetish burden that Mamacita and I suffer under daily.