I am completely with /u/I_trip_over_hurdles on this one. Every human being, no matter who they are, has the potential to reach particular inclinations in character. And I agree with white people up to a certain point about universalism, that yes, everyone has equal potential to be a particular way, and that includes being "patriarchal". After that particular "universal point", however, is when the environment takes over. And the environment for Asian American men is anything but healthy.

Look at the media images of Asian American men, the kind of stereotypes that run rampant. Do you think that's normal? Who is the one peddling these images around? Look at who's on top. Patriarchy is a system wherein the man has power, but here's where the definition gets tricky. Remember how white people love to shoe-horn universalism into their concepts, to the point where their own identity (white) is omitted from any word or description? This country is not dominated by patriarchy. It is dominated by white patriarchy. That is what happens when we live in a multicultural society.

And their "unique" tendency is a result of their "unique" environment. Look at the media around you. What other races of men are degraded and emasculated the same way that Asian American men are?

As for cultural tendencies, you'll need to do more than just stating state-run propaganda. Yes, Asian immigrant men from Asian countries can bring over patriarchal attitudes from their motherland, that is correct. However, a study that's been done has shown that Asian American men, when compared to white men and Asian men from Asia, are the most gender egalitarian men out of all men compared because of the way their masculinity has been challenged in society and their attempts at trying to re-define their masculinity. I'm not at my desk right now, but I'll pull it up later when I get home.

I would usually give Asian women benefit of the doubt when it comes to bringing up Asian male misogyny/toxic masculinity, but your post reeks of someone who is whole-heartedly touting state-run propaganda that Asian American men are somehow unique and more intense with respect to their patriarchy. It is a real shame how you think this way of your Asian brethren. That is, if you're even Asian to begin with.