Reflection of the East-Asian cybertyping presentation in class

Out of the three presentations we watched in class today, I found the presentation on East-Asian women and cyber types extremely interesting. There seems to be a stigma of what East-Asian women are like.  This is then disseminated over the internet and onto online dating services. East-Asian women are the most sought after. Also when men are looking for East-Asian women they already have a preconceived notion of how they arelike: docile, exotic, loyal. The men used stereotyped notions of the culture, as well.  They expect the women, it seems, to be wearing a qipao even though they live in America and possibly have grown up in this culture. 

                The main point of the presentation, besides how creepy/ desperate some men are, is that cybertyping is a prevalent issue in online dating. When the pictures of the online dating sites for Asians were brought up in class, all were cybertypes. One website was shown that was a foil to this issue and that is a positive. The other websites, however, fed into this East-Asian women cybertype.  Women in nearly all the pictures had a serene background and looked submissive.

                I’m not sure where the research will go from here, but I am very interested. I had not related cyber types to online dating; from what I learned today, it is applicable. The intended audience is for young Americans to be aware that cyber typing is a common practice with online dating services. This topic brings more depth to the issue of cyber typing and provides a prime example.  A few questions that I would be interested in are: what cities are East-Asian online cybertyping most prevalent? Are the statistics similar for homosexuals and lesbians? Does this cybertype for East-Asian women hold up worldwide?

                I look forward to listening to more presentations in class.