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    Asian American females have higher suicide rates.

    I totally believe this. There are so many factors that contribute to this, such as pressure to succeed, stereotypes, cultural barriers between parents and kids, etc. A big part of this is mothers, daughters, and the expectations of females.

    There's an line from Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club that sums up Asian-born Asian mothers and their daughters,

    In America, I will have a daughter just like me. But over there, nobody will say her worth is measured by the loudness of her husbands belch. Over there, nobody will look down on her because I will make her speak only perfect American English. And over there, she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow. She will know my meaning because I will give her this swan, a creature that became more than what was hoped for.

    Now the woman was old. And she had a daughter who grew up speaking only English and swallowing more Coca-Cola than sorrow. For a long time now the woman had wanted to give her daughter the single feather and tell her, "This feather may look worthless, but it comes from afar and carries with it all my good intentions." And she waited, year after year, for the day she could tell her daughter this in perfect American English.


    Basically, they have an ideal of their daughters carrying on a part of themselves. However, their daughters grow up American. There is misunderstanding on both sides, which creates great friction. God, can you see why every Asian girl cries when she reads Joy Luck Club?

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    Oh crap, I accidentally clicked submit post instead of preview post. Sorry that this thread started out looking like crap and the title is incomplete.

    I'm tired. I'm going to bed, and I'll work on this actually making sense later.
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    yes i very much understand this, however, for me, it is my father rather than my mother that is "asian-born" (vietnam), my mother is swedish.

    i think between my father and myself, he views my habits as squandering all the hard work that he has done over the past 30+ years. he's worked his way up from nothing to being successful upper-middle class. and so my actions, in his eyes, throw all of that away, angering him. i honestly don't mean to hurt him, nor disrespect him, but i want to live my own life, make my own decisions, etc. he however sees it as disrespectful, i'm guessing.

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    I love that Joy Luck Club book, really touched my heart when I first read it.. I have a rocky relationshipmwith my father too. Basically, I'm what some would call an "asian failure"..it's not how much money I have, but the desicions I've made with my life that cause tension with my family.

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    hmm i guess i dont QUITE relate..even tho im half chinese n my mommy was born in hong kong..

    however she was adopted when she was a baby n she doesnt speak chinese or anything haha. its sad that we never found her REAL parents though.

    my mom doesnt know i strip or anything.....but if she knew im assuming she'd be pretty disapointed..shes quite the goody goody two-shoes..

    anyways im not too sure what this thread was about in the first place....lol
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    "Asian American females have higher suicide rates. "

    That's so sad!

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