Such stereotypes are widely accepted as the driving factor behind the fetishization of Asian women in the West. The oversimplification of these cultures portray homogenous versions of these groups. In the United States, women of primarily East Asian (and Southeast Asian to a lesser extent) origin and or descent are most commonly misrepresented through stereotypes as subservient, passive, mysterious, villainous in nature, and hyper-sexual.
See also: Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States
