Asian and Asexual: How I Came To Own My Asexuality While Fighting Cultural Stereotypes May 2, 2019 by Dawy Rkasnuam Leave a Comment As an Asian American woman who exists on the asexual spectrum, I navigate a tricky space when it comes to sexuality. On one hand, I experience hypersexualization and fetishization based on Orientalist assumptions about Asian women. On the other, I come from a culture of sexual conservatism, where families don’t speak about sex but the expectation of abstinence is always … [Read more...]