Asian American Masculinity And Femininity

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This class has brought excellent discussions about Asian American masculinity/femininity. I as an Asian American, want to archive and explore more about the dichotomy of what it means to be masculine and feminine in the United States. As the West views Asians as “submissive” figures, it also makes me think about how that is portrayed through media, such as music videos, advertisements, and the news. Through this, I had the internal conversation of androgyny, and what that means; if a person is androgynous are they masculine or feminine? Or are they both? This is evident in the pop culture today with Korean and Japanese pop bands. My focus for this project is to explore, research, and archive specifically on how identity is portrayed for the

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