A Dive into the Degrading world of Fetishization Latinas live in

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   9/13 

A Dive into the Degrading world of Fetishization Latinas live in

     Reading the author's experience about how her partner has a fetish for Latina women is super disturbing. I just can't believe people don't look at other people as a human being. Instead, they are being used for their fetish fantasies. While reading this, it made me realize how normalized it is for movies to have Latinas and make it stereotypical. Racial fetish is seen a lot in movies whether we realize it or not. Have you ever noticed that in movies, Latinas are always shown has "spicy, curvy, tempered, and crazy"? These type of films start to drill these ideas into society's heads saying that all Latinas act this way. Latinas are put into these categories that are extremely harmful. This just puts a stereotype saying that all Latinas are the same. It's always "I need a crazy Latina." Or "I only date Latinas." I understand there are preferences when it comes to being attracted to others, but it becomes a fetish once people cross the line. I just wish minorities were not put into these type of categories because then we start to feed into it without realizing it. It's just harmful and could make us lose our self esteem. 


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