tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763834534957201894.post1826129772990575723..comments2023-10-09T09:24:57.934-07:00Comments on Asian-American Women's Literature: Love, Sex, and PowerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763834534957201894.post-7831270240451952792007-03-28T21:06:00.000-07:002007-03-28T21:06:00.000-07:00I agree that Sam choose white women because he wan...I agree that Sam choose white women because he wanted someone very different from Lydia. However, I think there is also an element of distance to it. White women are not in his culture. If he chooses them, there is already a hump that the relationship has to get over. They have to learn to understand each other. This puts the distance between them, one that is hard to get over. Sam probably does this purposely, that way, he doesn’t come close to loving anyone like he did Lydia. It seems like a logical answer. I believe he only started dating white women after she died. If he tried to date a Hawaiian girl, she would be too similar. The distance wouldn’t be there and he would come too close to falling in love with a woman similar to his sister. <BR/> The book also takes a lot of time to discuss the differences between mainland and Hawaiian. Moanni never seems pleased with the mainlanders who go on her Kayak trips. Sarah isn’t portrayed very well, and she is mainlander. There are several incidents of a them and us theme, which backs up the idea that Sam dates white women to distance himself. <BR/> There could also be another answer as well. You talk a lot about power. If he dates white women, he has the upper hand in his culture because he knows more about it. Thus, he can feel dominate.SamFelsing1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08171907375409911095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763834534957201894.post-14885848705590458782007-03-28T17:25:00.000-07:002007-03-28T17:25:00.000-07:00This Blog, as well as the discussion we had in cla...This Blog, as well as the discussion we had in class yesterday got me to thinking about the power in sex. In class, sex was labeled as taboo, private, and embarrassing. High society has led us to believe that sex and sexuality go hand in hand with sinning because ultimately, it is but a means to procreate. In contrast, the mass society we all contribute to today feeds off of sex and sexuality; scantily clad women in MTV’s music videos, billboards of women playing poker in Casino’s, and exotic women on travel brochures all contribute to societies dependence of appearance in the media. Because of these contradicting views, it is difficult to decipher the way in which individuals are to handle sexuality.Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09162785877347000777noreply@blogger.com