Girls Just Wanna Have ???

Welcome to an America where 1 in 7 marriages are interracial or interethnic. So says a 2008 study and a 2009 phone survey done by the Pew Research Center. According to them the percentage of Americans who marry outside their race or ethnicity breaks down like this:

Whites 9%
Blacks 16%
Hispanics 26%
Militia Members 29%*
Asians 31%
*Obviously this line is a joke. The actual study focused on members of the human race not lemmings.

Of the Asians who “married out”, 20% of them were males while a whopping 40% were females. Why the discrepancy? If you believe the stereotypes it’s because Asian women are opportunists making a business decision. Their determination to climb America’s social ladders means face-palming Asian suitors. That to really become an American they need to be with a white guy and a PayPal account. Based on my own experience and other Asian-centric blogs nothing could be further from the truth.

Asian women in this country are more confident and have a greater sense of independence than their Far East brethren. Their husbands don’t define who they are so they’re pickier about whom they want to marry. So why isn’t that person Mr. Asian Man?

Well, a lot of Asian females find the Asian male too effeminate with bodies so girlish dating one would make them a lesbian. They think Asian men are, as my sister so eloquently puts it, too wimpy. To be fair, Asian mothers will do that to you. Being risk-aversive, shy and straight-laced is nice if you’re a kitten. Asian maidens like dudes who are athletic and socially outgoing: two things that aren’t on a lot of Asian male résumés. And Asian ladies nowadays want taller guys with more hair on their body than a woman’s. In other words, if the Asian man were a paint color he would be pink.

Are Asian women just buying into stereotypes themselves? Maybe. As a banana, however, I would be a hypocrite if I said I didn’t have my own (probably misguided) perceptions about marrying another Asian. Except for the whole Dragon Lady thing. That part is true no matter what the Pew Research Center says.