Growing up around very masculine men, it became a shock to me once
I was exposed to movies who had Asian/Asian American actors or leads. They were
a different kind of masculine, a masculinity that was almost forced in my
younger eyes. I was told by my friends that all Asian men looked the same and
that they were girls. I believed them for a moment because that is how they
were portrayed by society.
My beliefs now are different from what I used to think, I now know
that they all don’t look the same and that there are more Asian ethnicities
other than Chinese and that they are masculine. Depending on where you go in the
world, the idea of masculinity is subjective and we shouldn’t apply our ideas
to other cultures. The idea that all Asian men are feminine is now diminishing
because of the rising popularity in Asian/Asian American entertainers.
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