Hwang 82) Hwang emphasizes that men have the inclination of being selfcentered, leading them to be easily manipulated.
So a girl can tell the most obnoxious lies and the guys will believe them every time – “This is my first time” – “That’s the biggest I’ve ever seen” – or both, which, if you really think about it, is not possible in a single lifetime. ” In Act Three, Scene One, Liling says to the judge questioning him about his relationship with Gallimard, Rule One is: Men always believe what they want to hear. In lieu of finding the East exotic, the West tends to jump to conclusions about the different cultures in Asia because they want to believe that their presumptions are factual, as they are the ones with the “upper hand. He supposes that the patriarchal culture that the West has been born into is creating a misogynistic relationship between the East and the West – where the West is the, supposedly, manlier society. Butterfly, Hwang’s exemplification of masculine predispositions demonstrates how the Easterners view male Westerners. Hwang elucidates the interaction between the East and the West through his degradation of masculine tendencies, ironic use of stereotypes, and implication of “rape mentality. In particular, Hwang describes the relationship of two characters, Song Liling – a Chinese actor pretending to be a woman – and Rene Gallimard – a French diplomat imprisoned for treason – to reveal the false perceptions the East and the West have of each other.
Butterfly by David Henry Hwang includes inaccurate representations of the Asian and Western cultures, mostly those concerning the stereotypical Asian woman and the Westerners with whom they interact in order to depict the often-warped relationship of the East and the West.
Hence, the women of Asia are respected and valued, catered to by the men and given only the best treatment and offerings. In reality, several Asian cultures treasure their women because they believe that the female species is the only source of life. The women of Asia are oftentimes objectified because of exoticism and fetishes about the stereotypical Asian woman – submissive, accommodating, passive, meek, and agreeable.
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