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Asian Female and Caucasian Male Couples: Exploring the Attraction

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This essay examines the dynamics that trigger attraction between Asian females and Caucasian males. The author conducted ten interviews with Caucasian males who are interested in having a relationship with an Asian female; these men discussed their assumptions about Asian females. This essay then explores these dynamics in light of two books on East-West relations: Orientalism by Edward W. Said (1979) and The Asian Mystique by Sheridan Prasso (2005). Next this essay explores the psychological aspects of finding partners by drawing on the thought of John A. Sanford and C. G. Jung. And, finally, this essay concludes by addressing the need for pastoral care professionals to attend to interracial—in this case, Asian female and Caucasian male—couples.

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  1. Asian Fetish, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_fetish

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    Bitna Kim

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Kim, B. Asian Female and Caucasian Male Couples: Exploring the Attraction. Pastoral Psychol 60, 233–244 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-010-0312-9

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