"be it..."

[infinikyte]

Ok, I was reading about blepharoplasty, and then an interesting sentence popped up before my eyes:

I think most Asian women are sick to death of the whole "mysterious" and "exotic" fetishism, be it eyes, hair or body.

Source: a forum in Japantoday.com

Not judging this sentence morally, but from a grammar point of view, could someone tell me what "it" refers to in this sentence.

Also, could this sentence be rephrased in a better way(or any way)?


Thanks in advanced

 

[Casiopea]

I think most Asian women are sick to death of the whole "mysterious" and "exotic" fetishism, be it eyes, hair or body.

Source: a forum in Japantoday.com

be it = be that fetishism; it = fetishism

 

[Tdol]

It's similar in meaning to 'no matter whether it is eyes...' ;-)