Can anyone tell me the main differences between Asian and Latin women or culture

[DRGUY1]

For the past several month's I have planned and still intend to visit Colombia. But I'm now also considering Asia?


It appears that far more men travel to Asia than to South America to look for a lady. I'm wondering why this would be?


I don't believe it's just a personal preference thing? Are Asian women more available? easier to communicate with? easier to transition to the US?


If anyone has traveled or has experiences with both cultures. I'd love to hear your opinion on this?


Thanks!

[mambocowboy]

For the past several month's I have planned and still intend to visit Colombia. But I'm now also considering Asia?


It appears that far more men travel to Asia than to South America to look for a lady. I'm wondering why this would be?


I don't believe it's just a personal preference thing? Are Asian women more available? easier to communicate with? easier to transition to the US?


If anyone has traveled or has experiences with both cultures. I'd love to hear your opinion on this?


Thanks!

I think it's a combination of what kind of women you find attractive , language (e.g., Filipinas for the most part speak English), and interest in the culture.

[Jhengsman]

It may be just a perception because Asians stand out physically in the Americas where  Latinos are native. Also   in the aftermath of  WWII, Korea and Vietnam GIs brought home Asians as wives. And finally when the "mail order bride" industry hit the media on shows  like Donahoe and Oprah it was an Asian specialist book which was featured.

Now today in Latin America you are dealing with basically one major land mass, one religious  group and one language group while Asian cultures with China just now opening up  were seperated by oceans, languages and faiths.

[Ricardo1]

Latin American women seem to be more forward, less shy, and more articulate than Asians, from what I can see.  I would expect that LA women open up more easily also, and inclined to speak their mind.
Asian women seem more likely to want to be pleasers .... while Latinas may have more of an independent streak...

[braziliangirl]

[size=78%]Now today in Latin America you are dealing with basically one major land mass, one religious  group and one language group while Asian cultures with China just now opening up  were seperated by oceans, languages and faiths.[/size]

It's not the first time you say that here. Although we carry more similarities among each other than Asian countries, saying that there is just one religion group and one language group in Latin America can just be the result of deep ignorance.

[Ricardo1]

BG is absolutely right.  Maybe the poster needs to do a bit of online research - (just a little) to realize that Latin American countries can be very different among themselves. 
Ask Colombian for example, if he/she thinks their culture is like that of Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Brazil or even Argentina.  You'll get an earful about the differences.

[InnocentVixen]

BG you rock.


Now to Guy, it would be so much easy to reply if you said Colombianas vs Philipinas for example... and even so you have to make some painful generalizations that might keep you from finding the right one for you.


There is waaayyy too many things that could be said that would offend someone's wife here, it really depends on the man, something that will be a deal breaker for a guy will make another guy feel like he found a diamond.


So why not find out for yourself? if you have some free time go to an asian dating site and talk to a bunch of girls, after a while the messages will start to sound similar to you and you will be either thrilled or turned off them.

[Ray]

It's not the first time you say that here. Although we carry more similarities among each other than Asian countries, saying that there is just one religion group and one language group in Latin America can just be the result of deep ignorance.

 
Hi BG. Perhaps you misunderstood what hengsman said. I found no "deep ignorance" in his statement about Latin America.
 
He didn't say that there is just one language (group) or just one religion (group). He specifically used the word "basically" (synonymous with essentially, primarily, mostly).
 
Checking Wikepedia, I found this:
 
"Latin America  is a region of the Americas where Romance Languages (i.e., those derived from Latin) – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken."
 
And also:
 
"The vast majority of Latin Americans are Christians, mostly Roman Catholics belonging to the Latin Rite. About 70% of the Latin American population consider themselves Catholic. Membership in Protestant denominations is increasing, particularly in Brazil, Panamá and Venezuela."
 
So if he was referring to Romance Languages as the dominant "language group" and Christianity as the dominant "religious group", then I guess he was right on. At least that's the way I see it.
 
 
Ray
 
 

[Jhengsman]

In the end Latinos form a multi racicial ethnic group, meaning their share a lot of things, except their look. Asians make a racial group not an ethnic group, they share primarily their looks and the other social factors are all over the charts starting with the basics of language and faith.

[Bob_S]

For the past several month's I have planned and still intend to visit Colombia. But I'm now also considering Asia?
It appears that far more men travel to Asia than to South America to look for a lady. I'm wondering why this would be?
I don't believe it's just a personal preference thing? Are Asian women more available? easier to communicate with? easier to transition to the US?
If anyone has traveled or has experiences with both cultures. I'd love to hear your opinion on this?

Mambocowboy probably gave the best answer in a nutshell.  If I might expand on this a bit...
Asian women do seem more accessible in the long run because of a greater degree of English, especially in the Phils and next in China.  As such, that also opens up all social strata within those respective countries.  So if you are a middle class guy or lower middle class guy and suck at learning foreign languages, you are more likely to find a match in certain areas of the Far East or Pacific Islands than you would if you tried searching in LA where the perception, rightly or wrongly, is that English is only among the upper educated classes that are normally out of the reach of the average guy.
2nd is personal preference, part on physical appearance but also partly on perceived stereotypes of personality or temperament.  Again, if you're just an average guy trying to get by in life with as little trouble as possible, what would be most appealing: a fiery passionate Latina with all the drama that can bring, or an easy-going island girl or Taoist/Zen-Buddhist girl from a peaceful village?  We are of course just talking about stereotypes because once you go in person you see that everyone is different in their own way (BG and IV are a couple of classy gals and I can't imagine them ever causing distressing drama for their man), but that is the image a lot of guys who've never gone anywhere might hold and what they use to make their decision on which direction to head.

As for the appeals of various Asian countries, click here for a topic from the archives that covers that.
Earnest young man gearing up

[V_Man]

My summary after years of both is:

Passion.

[braziliangirl]

 
Hi BG. Perhaps you misunderstood what hengsman said. I found no "deep ignorance" in his statement about Latin America.
 
He didn't say that there is just one language (group) or just one religion (group). He specifically used the word "basically" (synonymous with essentially, primarily, mostly).
 
Checking Wikepedia, I found this:
 
"Latin America  is a region of the Americas where Romance Languages (i.e., those derived from Latin) – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken."
 
And also:
 
"The vast majority of Latin Americans are Christians, mostly Roman Catholics belonging to the Latin Rite. About 70% of the Latin American population consider themselves Catholic. Membership in Protestant denominations is increasing, particularly in Brazil, Panamá and Venezuela."
 
So if he was referring to Romance Languages as the dominant "language group" and Christianity as the dominant "religious group", then I guess he was right on. At least that's the way I see it.
 
 
Ray

Hi Ray,


Thanks for you informed response. I really appreciate you spending the time to explain what your friend meant, and you have the right to disagree with me and have your own opinion. But I go on believing that his statement was based on ignorance.


I realize that for the most urban population, there are a lot of similarities. But maybe I spent too much time among indigenous tribes and other kinds of traditional communities to see things in such simplistic way. I got indian names in more than three languages (Nheengatú, Macuxi and Arawak) that sound nothing like each other, and those are just the ones I got from tribes I spent enough time to give me a name. Each tribe I visited had a different religion, and even here in the city, I have friend that follow different african-brazilian religions, plus a lot of kardecists and other kinds spiritual religions.


Once I've heard someone asking why all the Asians look the same, to which someone answered that it's hard to find differences in things that are strange to us. So maybe, for you guys that know Asia well, it's easy to see all the nuances there, while it's hard to look past the urban mass in Latin America. And even them, you'd be shocked about how many hours I spent talking to IV about the differences in our cultures.


Best,
BG

[benjio]

I agree that Latin Americans for the most part share the same language and religion, but I agree with BG in terms of Brazil and the fact that it just doesn't fit into that box. This country is HUGE, and I would go as far to say that it's almost as diverse as the U.S. in terms of culture and religion. For example, there is a HUGE Asian population in Sao Paulo. Brazil is home to the largest population of Japanese People living outside of Japan, numbering over a million people. There are more than a hundred thousand European Jews living in Rio de Janeiro. And those are two cultures that aren't indigenous to Brazil. There are literally hundreds of different native tribes here that make up only a half of a percent of the population, but consist of over 700,000 people. Only around 60% of the Brazilian population is Roman Catholic. I don't think any other country in Latin America comes close in terms of cultural diversity.

[Ray]

I agree that Latin Americans for the most part share the same language and religion, but I agree with BG in terms of Brazil and the fact that it just doesn't fit into that box. This country is HUGE, and I would go as far to say that it's almost as diverse as the U.S. in terms of culture and religion. For example, there is a HUGE Asian population in Sao Paulo. Brazil is home to the largest population of Japanese People living outside of Japan, numbering over a million people. There are more than a hundred thousand European Jews living in Rio de Janeiro. And those are two cultures that aren't indigenous to Brazil. There are literally hundreds of different native tribes here that make up only a half of a percent of the population, but consist of over 700,000 people. Only around 60% of the Brazilian population is Roman Catholic. I don't think any other country in Latin America comes close in terms of cultural diversity.

Thanks BG and benjio.
 
I plead general ignorance of Brazil, but I was talking about Latin America in general.
 
I recently read that as of a feew years ago (2010 census), Brazil was about 87% Christan, which fits with my Latin American comments in general.
 
I also understand that Brazil has the largest Catholic population of any country on earth, which I think is significant.
 
A question for your Brazil experts: I was just curious how the non-Catholic population reacted to the recent visit by Pope Francis to Brazil.
 
Thanks...
 
 
Ray