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Tuesday, December 11, 2001


Ruminations on Techer Sociology

I am particularly mystified by the pairings of Asian females to white males. Usually I don't give a crap about who goes out with who (I'm usually the last one to know) but this is particularly odd since there are also available Asian males and white females (as well as a plethora of other ethnic and "racial" groups).

It's not a phenomenon entirely confined to Tech either. It's elsewhere, in the media, in popular culture. Is it because white males are considered more "desirable" in western society? Is it because they are "more aggressive" than Asian males in pursuing a mate? I'm pretty sure somebody has done a sociology thesis on this.

I once asked Canadian Boy of his opinion on this problem and he just gave me this look. "Don't even go there," he told me. Evidently this seems to be an unspoken sore spot in the male community. Perhaps their sentiments are more aptly described by a comment by the King of Spoons: "They're stealing our women!" And the normal festering is probably exacerbated by the dysfunctional ratio at Tech.

My analysis so far? I'm not sure what to think. However I can say Asian guys are certainly not passive. Asian guys are just as likely to be stalkers. Perhaps it's more accurately described as glomming when a gaggle of them flock around an available female who begins preening from all the attention that she gets. Others may point out that it's an outgrowth of academic competition into the social arena, but I call whole affair a delayed high school complex.


[posted by S. Y. Affolee on 3:23 PM : ]



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