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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