Imagine a distant post-apocalyptic future in which a group of researchers discover a stack of DVDs of 20th and 21st century Hollywood films featuring Asian American actresses. After watching these films, what might researchers conclude about the characteristics of Asian American women in films? Certainly, they will view Asian American women as sexual and erotic objects of society that white men can easily attain. Why do I assume they will think this way? The answer is simple, but controversial: Most of the time, as history proves, the media portrays Asian American women either as erotic sex slaves of white men or as insidious personalities who lure their prey in a trap with their sex appeal. If we look at history, we will mainly find two different types of Asian women in the media: “Dragon Lady” and “China Doll” – the two characteristics which together represent the sexual and erotic nature of Asian women. Today, such stereotypical portrayals of Asian American women still exist in films, even though the media claims that these stereotypes belong only to American media's past. This article will compare the typical roles of Lucy Liu, a modern Asian American actress, and Nancy Kwan, an Asian American actress who began her career in the 1960s, in American films to show that representation Asian American female characters as sexual and erotic objects a The history of Asian women as sexually attractive objects: Connie Chan, in her article "Asian American Women: Psychological Responses to Exploitation sexual and cultural stereotypes", points out that Western colonization of many Asian countries marked the beginning of stereotyping of Asian American women as "sexual and e...... middle of paper ...... a striking characteristic: both are Asian American women who are full of sexuality and eroticism. The only difference that Lucy Liu is less feminine than Suzy Wong is a vague media gimmick used to reinforce the already broken respect in the feminist world. Seriously, how does the mass media think it can present Asian-American women as sexual and erotic objects that seduce men and label their characters as less feminine in order to, perhaps, balance out the overly sexual nature of these characters? ? They simply can't do it because making women less feminine is like adding fuel to the fire and pretending that it will put out the fire. After all, the representation of sexuality and eroticism is what psychologically affects Asian American women in society; adding more of the “deceptive” part just makes it harder for them to walk around without stress.