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⌈ Secret Post #3126 ⌋

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Comments

Re: He's mixed with fab genetics

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's mostly a matter of people of different races having more trouble telling ages of other races.

That being said, I don't think the Asian stereotype includes the elderly. I think the idea is more like people in their thirties can still look like teenagers. Which to be fair, can happen in any race.

Re: He's mixed with fab genetics

[(Anonymous)]

I know the people who say this aren't including older Asians, but that makes the stereotype even sillier. Plenty of non-Asian people look younger than their chronological ages, it's not that rare. But for some reason, people like to pretend this is an Asian "thing".

Re: He's mixed with fab genetics

[(Anonymous)]

It probably helps that, to be fair, many (East) Asians are fairly thin and many people, especially the celebrities, don't have a lot of curve to their bodies, men and women alike. So the body shape itself can be what a lot of Westerners associate with adolescence. Combine that with good make up and a somewhat young fashion style, and Westerners think they look young.

But I think it's one of those self-fulfilling prophecies. Obviously most middle aged Asian people do not look like teenagers, but they probably don't notice those people. It's the people that do look young that reinforce the stereotype with people.

Re: He's mixed with fab genetics

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, but white celebrities also tend to fit many of the physical characteristics you describe: thin/fit, youthful, good make up, more up to date fashions, etc. This is the look that media favors, period. But nobody looks at Lucy Lawless and says, "Wow, you look amazing, but then of course you're white." Because that would probably sound ridiculous to most people, right? But somehow it's just common knowledge if you substitute "Asian" for "white" and... I hope you can see the problems inherent in that.

Re: He's mixed with fab genetics

[(Anonymous)]

I know that? I'm just trying to explain why I think there's a stereotype. Obviously lots of white people look young, and lots of Asians look old.

Re: He's mixed with fab genetics

[(Anonymous)]

There's this very cute cartoon by an Asian artist that I saw once-- it depicts an Asian female figure as a child, teen, adult, middle aged, and elderly. The middle stages were almost exactly the same, youthful and fresh. The elderly stage suddenly becomes a happy, tiny wrinkly humpback crone.