“…The stereotypes of Asian American women in the dominant U.S. culture include: concubine, prostitute, mail-order bride, Miss Saigon, war bride, exotic geisha, dragon lady, lotus blossom, China doll, and precious pearl (i.e., Espiritu, 1997). The fetishized (Durham, 2001;Espiritu) and exoticized (Root, 1995) portrayals of Asian American women are also represented in the popular media (Marchetti, 1993;Tajima, 1989). When not being sexually objectified, Asian American women are often absent, portrayed not as ordinary individuals (Tajima), or seen as invisible and dehumanized "busy worker bees" (Root).…”