About 8 % of all South Asian guys marry someone of a different race but among American-raised guys marrying American-raised women ,43% of them are marrying interracially. However, that of all US-raised South Asian men, only 26.7% of them married interracially. It’s only those that chose to marry other US-raised individuals that married outside of their ethnicity to such a large degree.
The intermarriage rates here are a little lower compared to the guys for the whole population (6.4%), but, surprisingly higher for the girls, with 45.7% marrying someone of a different ethnicity. The majority of the difference for genders seems to come from marriages between South Asians and whites, as “only” 31% of South Asian men marry white women, but 36.3% of South Asian women marry white guys. 18.5% of US-raised Indian guys married white woman & 18% of US-raised Indian gals married white men. Overall, 24% of US-raised women married out of their ethnicity, which is lower than it is for group 2 guys.
the statistics was taken from http://www.asian-nation.org/interracial.shtml
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hi amalina
it seems like more women prefer to marry outside their culture than men. i wonder why....
this is all in the USA right
found this out on the net:
In Malaysia and Singapore, the majority of inter-ethnic marriages are between Chinese and Indians. The offspring of such marriages are informally known as "Chindian", though both the Malaysian and Singaporean governments only classifies them by their father's ethnicity.
As the majority of these intermarriages usually involve an Indian groom and Chinese bride, the majority of Chindians in Malaysia are usually classified as "Indian" by the Malaysian government. As for the Malays, who are predominantly Muslim, legal restrictions in Malaysia make it uncommon for them to intermarry with either the Indians, who are predominantly Hindu, or the Chinese, who are predominantly Buddhist and Taoist
It is common for Arabs in Singapore and Malaysia to take local Malay wives, due to a common Islamic faith.The Chitty people, in Singapore and the Malacca state of Malaysia, are a Tamil people with considerable Malay descent, which was due to the first Tamil settlers taking local wives, since they did not bring along any of their own women with them. According to government statistics, the population of Singapore as of September 2007 was 4.68 million, of whom multiracial people, including Chindians and Eurasians, formed 2.4%.
@ Hana: same happens in Europe. I do not have any numbers, I only tell this from my personal experience.
You asked, why more Asian women prefer an intercultural marriage. I would ask: why do less Asian men prefer an intercultural marriage?
I think, that Asian men often behave like little "Rajas" and this is not so easy to get along for everyone.
After spending several years in Asian companies (located in Germany) I can clearly say, that in general it is much easier to get along with my female Asian colleagues than with the males. Not to everyone, THIS IS ONLY A GENERAL VIEW.
I know some Asian people living in Germany. All Asian men are married to Asian women, but only half of the Asian women are married to Asian men.
Christopher Hamburg/Germany
Hi Christopher
Thanks for sharing! :)
(Off the record: I'm proud to be an Asian woman LOL)
I kind of take it that when you said Asian men behave like little 'Rajas' means that they are less open-minded and you are under the impressions of Asian men think that they have the bigger role than women in most aspects.
(No prejudice, no bias, just simply first impressions - the truth is out there *winks*)
I don't have the statistics in Asia too. But I feel women are more known to be much more sensitive and easy-going while men have certain degrees of egos (most not all). Pardon me if I got orthodox mindset.
But as we make conclusions generally, it often occurs that this 'get along' issue depends on individuals' personality itself. Right?
Since ever there is the discussion, if there is a biological difference between men and women or if is only culture / education. Until now nobody could proof it.
(Eva was made of a rip of Adam, we cannot be sooo different.)
Ya Hana, I am a feminist, arrrr. No matter if there is a difference or not, women value same as men, so they should have the same and rights and salaries. Until we did not reach this, I will fight for the women (even if they can be pretty nasty sometimes lol).
I wam working in import/export with Asia, located in Germany. I had Asian bosses, Asian colleagues and Asian customers. For me it saves a lot of time and money when I work with easy-going and sensitive persons. It is not only about the feeling, for me time and money counts too.
Hope you don`t get me wrong. I have as many male Asian friends as female, because (as you pointed out before) it depends a lot on the personality. You are definitely right with this.
I was only pointing out a very general view.
Maybe man have more pressure to fullfil their role as "man" (be strong, proud, heroic, ...). In cultures with more traditional values the pressure is higher.
I do not only point to Malaysia in terms of little Rajas. There are also plenty of them in my country.
Christopher
Talking about biological, I've just learned about brains (brains and language to be exact), and women are said to have more developed right brain while men, left. I don't know if this explains the above, which I hope, but if not then I just want to share it anyway.
(Generally...)
The left brain is more on logical, reality-based, and analytical tasks which explains why men think straight.
While the right brain is the total opposite! Fantasy, possibilities, and things related to these.
But I came across this term 'SNAG' or "Sensitive New-Aged Guys' (I have no idea where it came from! LOL) which are like the metrosexuals, or nowadays it's like the guys who doesn't mind to wearing pink! ;)
No, I don't mind at all. hehe.
Just that learning social science itself makes me realize that generations change with time and so does ideas and way of thinking.
I hope that people are not prejudice about intercultural marriage. Yes, every individuals have ideas about this but please don't judge others. The challenge with this world we're living is we can't say 'yes' and 'no' so easily. So many things are subjective. Especially those involving human. Human IS complicated.
p/s: I wonder what 'boys will be boys' exactly means...
You are right in saying, that there definitely are some differences between male and female behaviour, but until now it could not really be defined.
But beside our genes, we are influenced a lot by our surrounding. The surrounding mainly shapes the self-identification of the person in terms of gender. If a country has traditional roles for man and woman, it is more difficult to get along with other genders from other cultures, with a secular (non-traditional) culture.
Example: housework
In traditional cultures the woman often stays home and does the household. The man usually does not do a lot.
In secular cultures, there is a housemaid or the housework is shared (because the woman has a job)
I think there is no global solution. Every culture has to find an own balance between traditions and modern life. Both is necessary, but it must be balanced.
Christopher
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