10. Heels.
9. Korean men look like girls.
8. Traditional Gender Roles.
7. Unrealistic expectations of perfection.
6. Unrealistic and unhealthy obsessions and expecations of body image.
5. Societal expectations to obtain a good husband with a well paying job, have 1-2 children, have a nice car and nice apartment. A woman without these things obviously has something wrong with her.
4. Unallowed to be an individual/yourself.
3. Forced to put on a facade (Smile, everything is fine).
2. Husbands telling thier wives (who are all of 120lbs) that they are fat and physically removing all of their snacks from the house.
1. The expectation and general "acceptance" that your husband will be drinking all hours of the night with his "business parters" and is generally entitled to a mistress.
Please keep in mind these are observations from a somewhat cynical outsider who has only been making observations for 7 months. I have several Korean women friends whom I cherish, and I wish them no offense. However, I'm very happy to not have the same societal standards and expectations that they are supposed to live up to.
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Well from an "outsider that's an insider" perspective...#10 I LOVE heels alothough I am aware that very few people can agree. #9 If you don't know how I already feel about Korean guys then you don't know me (that is not directed at you Melisa, I know you know how I feel and unfortunately witnessed many of my double takes)#8 If there was any girl in the whole world who couldn't think of anything better to do with her time that cook, clean and shuttle the kids around that would be me...#7,6,5,4 couldn't agree with you more and you know how much I love this country. #3 Some of us do this (Koreans, Americans and other people from other countries alike)so that we do feel better. I once read (I know, get out I read...it was in a Cosmo)that apparently when you smile it makes you feel happier so even if you fake a smile in the beginning maybe by the end of the day it is genuine.#2 and #1 again, couldn't agree with you more. But I think (and perhaps this is my hope more than reality) that these are changing...
ReplyDeleteOn a seperate note I am really intrigued by what you write please don't stop!!!