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Stereotypes In Asian American Film

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Early film portrayals of Asian American women affect the Asian American community in a way that women are being hyper-sexualized. According to the film Slaying the Dragon, most if not all of the films that featured Asian women represented them as being submissive, sexual projects, and pleasure-giving. Other roles that they take on include being a victim that warrants saving, a dragon lady that constitutes power and is sexually provocative, or prostitutes/ sex workers that are always available for men. These stereotypes are not only seen in film, but in rap music videos as well such as Bed Rock, which was sang by Young Money and was released in 2010. The hyper-sexuality linked with Asian women were further supported in our book Asian America

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