“I’ve literally been told by people that I look like something cut out of a fetish magazine.” A series of similarly dehumanizing experiences made E very wary of suitors who seemed to only date East Asians. It’s because East Asian femmes like E are often stereotyped as edgy. “A person I went out on a date with talked to me the entire time about Japanese rope bondage,” said E. If someone is fixating on one aspect of your identity, you are probably being racially fetishized. There’s a thin line between appreciating people from other cultures and fetishizing them. Managing stereotypes when dating outside of your race is tricky. Victor, 25, Mexican American, Cisgender Man, Heterosexual (he/him)Į considered Victor’s dating history to be a potential red flag.E, 26, Korean American, Non-Binary, Pansexual (they/them).Courtesy of E and Victor Do not fetishize your partner.Į and Victor, 2 Years Dating, Queer, Closed Polyamorous
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