History of Ahegao

This is a face we know today. It sounds like a meme, a joke, a bit of comedy, whatever. Now, it seems that nod has evolved into something different today, but the easy root remains unchanged. 

As far as is known, the term Ahegao has been around at least since the early 1990s. Magazines have used the word to describe the facial expressions of real-life porn actresses who act during orgasm. In a similar context, ahegao has been used in several posts at 2Channel and its sister community for adult content, BBSPink, as well as in pornographic videos at adult e-commerce platforms. adults in the early 2000s.

Ahegao, the common facial expression where you stick your tongue out and roll your eyes, originates from a Japanese erotic story written by a man who fantasizes about abusing children. It reduces and reinforces stereotypes that Japanese women are submissive, easily dominated/manipulated and that they want/deserve abusive treatment.

Continue talking about how Ahegao is the Japanese fetish, which I talked about last week.

That cult has clearly expanded and is now practiced by white American men in particular and white Westerners in particular.

The images are taken from anonymous East Asian women so cannot literally verify.

Does Anime Culture Fuel the Racist Movement Against Japanese and Asian Women?

The YouTube object in question @TheKavernacle begins the video by talking about yellow fever, which is the cult of Asian women.

By white men in the west, especially America. Today, it has evolved into what is known as “Weeaboo”.

He went down in history and how colonization played a role in this cult. Since colonization has given rise to the idea of ​​”Asian women are more frugal”.

Which of course is racist. But what matters is when it comes to anime and the image it presents.

In a Yale Daily News article, 2 Japanese women delve into their dating experience. And with white men in general.

Not to mention how revered they were. Usually by anime lovers in the West.

Surprisingly this article is published in 2024.