What explains white male animus against Asian women? We address this question by examining the murders in Atlanta, GA, which reflect a larger global pattern of violence against what are perceived as hypersexualized Asian women. Dominant discourses on these murders promote either a narrative of racial xenophobia or a stance for or against sex work. Neither discourse adequately accounts for the simultaneous racial and gendered determination of Asian women’s experiences. In this commentary, we provide a racial–gender analysis and underscore how the gendered racialization of Asian women as hypersexual can result in their perception as disposable bodies for white male rage. As we explain, hypersexualization implies immorality, which in turn threatens the social order and thereby justifies Asian women’s disposability. This commentary establishes Asian women’s hypersexualization as a century-old view in American society perpetuated in cinema and the law.

什么解释了白人男性对亚洲女性的敌意？我们通过研究佐治亚州亚特兰大的谋杀案来解决这个问题，这些谋杀案反映了针对被视为性欲过度的亚洲女性的更大的全球暴力模式。关于这些谋杀案的主流话语要么宣扬种族仇外心理，要么宣扬支持或反对性工作的立场。这两种话语都没有充分说明亚洲女性经历同时发生的种族和性别决定。在这篇评论中，我们提供了种族 - 性别分析，并强调了亚洲女性作为性欲亢进的性别种族化如何导致她们被认为是白人男性愤怒的一次性身体。正如我们所解释的，性欲亢进意味着不道德，这反过来又威胁到社会秩序，从而证明亚洲女性的可支配性是合理的。