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The hypersexualization of Asian women is not new, Cho said, and in fact directly contributes to the violence perpetrated against them. Cho explained Hollywood and the television industry have a history of portraying Asian women as sex objects, one-dimensional "model minorities," or not at all.  "We've gone from invisible to untouchable," she said. "And those two combinations are adding to a dehumanizing effect, because either we're superhuman, or we're not there."  A history of hypersexualization Film scholar Celine Parreñas Shimizu has been looking at that trend for years. In her book ...

The Office‘s holiday episode, “A Benihana Christmas,” was mentioned in a recent  Washington Post write-up concerning Hollywood’s broad mistreatment of Asian women. She recalled that she was essentially told to “shut up and be grateful.” Featured Video Hide In the episode in question, Steve Carell’s lovesick, buffoonish character, Michael Scott, asks two Asian waitresses from the Benihana restaurant, or as he calls it, “Asian Hooters,” to come to an office holiday party. To differentiate between them, he later marks the women’s arms with a Sharpie....

may be, to hear one actress tell it. As reported by People, thespian Kat Ahn once assumed the role of an Asian waitress on the beloved comedy. In the 2007 episode “A Benihana Christmas,” office manager Michael Scott — played by actor Steve Carell — can’t tell Kat’s character apart from a fellow waitress. After flirting with a different pair of waitresses at Benihana, he and the character of Andy Bernard bring Kat and another girl back to the company Christmas party. Michael remarks to other male characters, “You know how all waitresses look alike.” He marks the arm of one of t...