In George Bernard Shaw's classic tale of Pygmalion (also known as "My Fair Lady") a sophisticated professor of phonetics bets his friend he can take a common flower girl and transform her into a lady. The theory behind the pygmalion effect is that people will act the way you treat them.

If Professor Higgins treats Ms. Doolittle like a lady, she starts to behave believe she is a lady.

If an asian woman is treated like a sell-out by those around her, she starts to feel like she has sold out.

If a white man is considered obsessed with asian women, he may start to play the role. This page is partly here to make fun of myself. The name "Asiaphile" is meant as a tongue and cheek way of laughing at all those who would make a big deal out of dating asian women.

However, there is a more serious side to the pygmalion effect. If the internet and media continue to feed images of asian women as loose women, they may generate an even larger market. In other words, men will act the way they are expected.