What does “Yellow Fever” really mean?

“All my ex-girlfriends are Asian.”

If you’ve ever come across this charming come-on, you’ve probably been exposed to the social phenomenon known as “yellow fever.” YouTuber Anna Akana was more than up to the video-making task.

“Men with ‘yellow fever’ look at you and they only see school girls or sexual geishas,” she explains in “Why Guys Like Asian Girls.” Akana gets to the root of the real problem with yellow fever: It doesn’t see women as fully-formed individuals, but as the living embodiment of offensive stereotypes.


2 thoughts on “What does “Yellow Fever” really mean?

  • Anonymous

    Thought provoking! On average, I find an Asian woman will answer in the definitive rather than a weak ” I don’t know” and that’s what I find attractive

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  • Anonymous

    Yellow fever is just a myth. Now jungle fever is more like it. right Nancy.

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