criticised for their "legacy of denial and disavowal of the possibility of Japanese women's racialized desire for foreign men". Scholars studying their activities described their attempts to deny or downplay the phenomenon as an "image battle", and one which they lost; women returning to Japan from studying or working overseas often reported that they suffered insulting insinuations about their sexual behaviour. The reporting on the phenomenon in Japanese media was generally supplanted in the mid-1990s by a "new panic" regarding women's sexuality, specifically the enjo kōsai (compensated dating) phenomenon. See also Amejo Asian fetish Colonial mentality Internalized racism Sarong party girl Stereotypes of East and Southeast Asians References Notes Sources Sexuality in Japan Stereotypes of East Asian people Dating Stereotypes of women Slang terms for women