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The article presents information on a paper examining three Asian American men's construction of manhood, particularly, their relationship with white women. In all three cases, the themes frequently emerge, include a sense of unattainable white manhood, a sense of racial alienation and resistance to the desexualized images of Asian American men. Another pattern emerging in all three cases concerns white women as they desire and give recognition to Asian American men. Another one pattern is that two Asian American men in these stories, positively view white manhood and whiteness as cultural alternatives and useful resources for their self-making.