Blog 9
Why I love My Strict Chinese Mom
The stereotype of "Tiger Mom" for Asian mothers is a harmful one at best. It reinforces the idea that Asian parents are robotic and are incapable of showing love and affection to their children. Building off of very Western ideas of what parental love should look like looks like, the stereotype of Tiger Mom exists as a threat to the status quo. I appreciated how this article addresses different aspects of Tiger Mom-like behavior and how she interpreted it positively unlike her peers who have had more traditional American family lives. I wonder how Chua-Rubenfiled has used certain masculine characteristics of her mother to challenge dominant perceptions of Asian women and how docile and submissive they supposedly are. The practice of discipline and focus are not demonized in this article and are instead celebrated as tools for success. This article explains the harmful stereotype, as a form of parenting that many Americans are not used to. It does not suggest the absence of love, but rather the demonstration of it.
Q: How is the Tiger Mom stereotype related to the Dragon lady stereotype? Do these tropes challenge the ever growing dominant idea that most Asian women are servile?
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