Dragon Lady (stereotype)
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A Dragon Lady is a misogynistic stereotype of East Asian women as mean, deceitful, domineering, or mysterious. The term's origin and usage is Western, not Chinese. Inspired by the characters played by actress Anna May Wong the term was coined from the villain in the comic strip Terry and the Pirates. The term has been applied to powerful Asian women, and to a number of racially Asian film actresses. The stereotype has generated a large quantity of sociological literature. Today, "Dragon Lady" is often applied anachronistically to refer to persons who lived before the term became part of American slang in the 1930s.…mehr

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A Dragon Lady is a misogynistic stereotype of East Asian women as mean, deceitful, domineering, or mysterious. The term's origin and usage is Western, not Chinese. Inspired by the characters played by actress Anna May Wong the term was coined from the villain in the comic strip Terry and the Pirates. The term has been applied to powerful Asian women, and to a number of racially Asian film actresses. The stereotype has generated a large quantity of sociological literature. Today, "Dragon Lady" is often applied anachronistically to refer to persons who lived before the term became part of American slang in the 1930s.