The Living Gift of Life

In one lecture, my sociology teacher explained sexism and racism. At one point, he mentioned how asian women are seen as exotic from the eyes of westerners. He gave an example how during the Vietnam war, American soldiers were sent to Thailand for their vacation and recreation time to be sexually entertained. Now, Thailand is still the center of prostitution in the world. My teacher said that when he said asian women, he referred to east asian women (oriental race). He claimed that westerners see oriental women as exotic, because they are submissive and they love sex. When he said that, even if I am not a female, I was really offended because he said it as if it is really an undeniable fact and he agrees with it. I don’t agree and I think that statement degrades asian women as whole. The statement puts asian women is a position like an object, not like an individual that needs to be respected. The statement also indirectly classifies asian women as inferior to other women races. Maybe because I am an asian, I am also a feminist, and that’s what make me enraged for that statement.

Yes, I admit and we all know, that Asian women are submissive. That is our culture and that is our value, and we are proud of it. The women are proud of it and good men are grateful for it. It means being a woman is being a partner who helps her man, instead of going against him. She is being supportive and serves her partner wholeheartedly. With the support of his partner, a man can be strong and stay where he is in the society. I don’t want to talk about some uneducated and ungrateful males that make the support of women taken for granted. They are ones to blame how the submissiveness and support asian women give to their men is referred as a weakness and humiliation than a strength and a pride of being good women.

And yes, I believe asian women loves sex. Who doesn’t? Sex is not something that’s awarded to certain group of females based on their races, is it? Speaking of it religiously, sex is one of the best gift God ever give to human so that they can enjoy themselves in marriage/committed relationship. Speaking from the point of view of Darwinism, sex is in us, in our DNA, and it is just simply there. You cannot deny it, you cannot reject it, it is not something to be proud or brag about but it is also not something to be embarrassed or shunned. So what’s the big deal claiming that asian women love sex and make it sound like asian women are whores? No, we aren’t. We value our sex relationship. It is not something that we easily do outside committed relationship and marriage. Therefore with all respect, I condemn everyone that talk about asian women like they are inferior and lower in status to other women races, or even to be lower than men. The only reason that Thailand is still the center of prostitution is because Thailand is one of the Third Worlds. It deals with money and power. The saddening condition is dealing directly with the economic and financial condition of that country. And the reason why women’s kindness is being abused is because there is a lot of males that take women for granted. They believe that women exist only for them and for them only, which is a really egoistic statement and ideal. Men and women are equal and they exist for each other, to maintain a harmony and a mutual relationship.

People that keep thinking about women being a weak individual, totally dependent on men, and an object, don’t know how to respect others. They who don’t know to respect others also don’t know how to respect themselves. Even though men and women have different purposes and function in life, it doesn’t mean that they are different and one is more inferior to the other one. It also applies to races. Each race has its own value and nobody has a right to determine which one is superior to the other one.

I believe that good men never and should never treat women as inferior and an object whose purpose is just to live to serve men. Good men have to protect women and treasure them, instead of abusing them and taking them for granted. Women are not there just to please us, we also exist so that we can please them. Again, it is a mutual relationship. Have a good life!