Female Asian and Pacific Islander characters are still objectified in films, a new report finds

From “Full Metal Jacket” in the ’80s to “Mean Girls” in the ’00s, Asian and Pacific Islander women have historically been exoticized and hypersexualized in Hollywood — and the problem lingers today.

From “Full Metal Jacket” in the ’80s to “Mean Girls” in the ’00s, Asian and Pacific Islander women have historically been exoticized and hypersexualized in Hollywood — and the problem lingers today.