Perspective from an Asian guy. (That's me!)
OK, first off, I don't know if I'm the prototype Asian guy you might be thinking about. I'm fourth generation, which for those non-ethnics out there means that my great grandparents came here from the proverbial slow boat from China. It also means I'm a bit of an oddity because the rest of my extended family has gone melting pot and I'm one of the few remaining "thoroughbreds" on my particular branch of the clan. I also grew up in the lily-white Pacific NW. This means I'm a bit of a banana (kinda like an oreo... you know... white on the inside). Unfortunately, I can't speak a lick of the native tongue. I know more Spanish than Chinese, and I never took Spanish.
What this means is that I've grown up with the classic underpinnings of the model minority myth: polite, smart (I hope), hard working (mostly)... etc... except that I also have been so throughly ingrained in American culture that I've also got the cross habits of libido, junk food, sports, and too much television. So my culture is really American at heart, with a shadow of the Asian influence.
I think the key thing for me regarding why I try to treat women well is simple. It's hard for an Asian American guy to get dates in this Country, and you've got to make every single opportunity count. And I'd like to think I'm an attractive enough guy, with wit and charm, and a good job... BUT... let's look at some math.
Figure this: Start with 100 AVAILABLE, SINGLE women (and that's hard enough to find in and of itself!)
Right off, half the women out there won't even consider cross cultural dating, for whatever reason that may be. Now you have 50, including other Asian women.
Then maybe half of them will be attractive: 25
Of those, ten of them have horrible personalities: 15 left
And of those, let's say five of them find me interesting and attractive.
I figure I'm working in a dating pool that's 5% of available single women. That means finding out the hard way the rest of the time. So I continue to try, and on occasion I strike gold... but I find that I strike out more than I'd like. In the meanwhile, there are always wonderful escorts out there who can fill the romantic void, so it's best to treat them right. If I expect a GFE experience, I should act like BFE in return. Fair's fair, no? Plus, hey, I'm a nice guy anyways. Is that an Asian thing? I don't know. Wouldn't hurt if that was the common perception out there!
My guess is that for providers, what matters is whether you're clean, on-time, generous, and respectful. I doubt that there are many out there who screen for race... it probably wouldn't be good business, right? Hey it's equal opportunity in action!
You always ask the best questions Heather! I almost answered an earlier posting you had with a similar response. I may not bow (that's sooo 19th century), but I couldn't think of treating a woman who provides the services you ladies do, with anything but grace.
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