it's exoticism, the stereotypical ethnic features are exaggerated and presented as rare and exotic, the actual physical attraction is not the draw but the rarity is, that's why Lucy liu was considered hot for western audiences when by Asian standards she's a 5. turns out every one finds Caucasian features most attractive even before contacts with the west and that's politically incorrect
West always makes asian girl characters look like inbred rural asians... bulbous eyes or squinty eyes or weird facial bone structure.
it's exoticism, the stereotypical ethnic features are exaggerated and presented as rare and exotic, the actual physical attraction is not the draw but the rarity is, that's why Lucy liu was considered hot for western audiences when by Asian standards she's a 5. turns out every one finds Caucasian features most attractive even before contacts with the west and that's politically incorrect