Reading
(1) As an Asian American man, the dating world made me feel invisible
https://www.today.com/popculture/essay/asian-american-man-dating-invisible-rcna27189
(2) How America tells me and other Asian American men we’re not attractive
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/i-grew-up-thinking-being-asian-detracted-from-my-masculinity-heres-how-america-tells-me-and-other-asian-american-men-theyre-not-attractive/
(3) Kao et al 2018 Asian American Men in Romantic Dating Markets
Watch videos
(1) Why Aren’t Asian Men Sexy?
(2) Are Asian Men STILL The Lowest Ranked Males?
Assignments
Discussion 1
– How did these articles and videos make you feel? What in these articles and videos stuck out to you? What types of power and systems of oppression contribute to the ways in which the intimacies of Asian American Men are perceived by others today in 2023?
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