Reflection #10: Threatening Men: Defining Filipino American Masculinity

Wingyan Yuen
Section A01
Reading: "Threatening Men: Defining Filipino American Masculinity" by Kandice Chuh

In "Threatening Men," Chuh examines the role of Filipino American men in today's society. It also describes the need for Filipino Americans to prove their masculinity. Some does so by marrying a white woman, some does so by going the extreme. Because America is a society that inclined to embrace heterosexuality.

Filipino men feel the need to go the extra mile and prove their masculinity in order to fit in. They often see white woman as a symbol of assurance. That if they can marry a white woman, they are entitle to what a white man has: equality and to be treated like a normal American.