Damn, same. I do be feelin' like that, when people jump to conclusions that I must look like a femboy, if I say I'm from the country that disappeared from the maps for some time.
Ironically, there's an inherent fear in people that is sort of primal and has to do with cultural difference assimilation, and I mean that in terms of knowledge. Superstitions, or any general public opinion is usually one of the many ways you can have a first contact with a particular country. So, since we fear what's unknown to us, it's a mechanism to get one interested. The same thing with trait fetishizing is done in Asia towards a variety of western nationalities. Exotified, that's natural for both parties. Hypersexualized? Cultural thing of their own, actually. Just look at the amount of weird-ass porn they put out. Objectified? Cultural as well. You'll find plenty of instances in history, especially in Asia, in the World as well, where that was the case with women. Right now, there's a pretty insufferable issue with women kind of having a degree of objectifying themselves too.
In Japan, you just have to look no further than the hierarchy bullshit, sex industry, and "pako" culture -- combining that with their shitty economic situation. In one way, I feel bad for them, in the other....you know.
