Japanese Studies Leuven

Asian people, both men and women, are often stereotyped as more feminine than white people.  Asian men are seen as small and less muscular than white men; Asian women are seen as more passive and deferential than white women.

The idea, specifically, that Asian women are more passive and deferential than white women, has been used to explain white men’s fetish for Asian women, Western men’s sex tourism in Asian countries, and Western men’s use of Asian mail-order bride services.  

'A Dog of Flanders', het roerend verhaal van een jongen, zijn hond, zijn hondenkar en zijn melkronde uit 1872, die tijdens een kerstmisnacht sterven in de Antwerpse kathedraal, aan de voet van Rubens' 'Kruisafneming'.

over het beeld van Vlaanderen in Japan en de VS, ontstaan door de enorme populariteit van een verhaal dat wijzelf amper kennen.

The history of kabuki began in 1603 when Okuni of Izumo, possibly a miko of Izumo Taisha, began performing a new style of dance drama in the dry riverbeds of Kyoto. Female performers played both men and women in comic playlets about ordinary life.

In 1629, women were banned from appearing in kabuki performances.[2]

The modern all-male kabuki, known as yarō kabuki (young man kabuki), was established during this period. After women were banned from performing, cross-dressed male actors, known as onnagata ("female-role") or oyama, took over.