Take a look at the wikiHow webpage entitled "How to Attract and Date Korean Women. I will highlight two of the six steps:
Be a gentleman and dress well. Korean women love men who can dress because one of their favorite things to do is talk about fashion. Korean women love trends, so if you've got really good fashion sense you're already ahead of time.
Deal with a Korean woman's jealousy the right way. Korean women can be jealous but a positive note you can take from this is that they are highly competitive. You can use this to make more Korean women desire you. Invite all of them to the same party or social event... and voila. Magic happens.
A girl who is warm and humanly during the day
A classy girl who know how to enjoy the freedom of a cup of coffee
A girl whose heart gets hotter when night comes
A girl with that kind of twist
A girl who looks quiet but plays when she plays
A girl who puts her hair down when the right time comes
A girl who covers herself but is more sexy than a girl who bares it all
A sensible girl like that (businessinsider.com)
A classy girl who know how to enjoy the freedom of a cup of coffee
A girl whose heart gets hotter when night comes
A girl with that kind of twist
A girl who looks quiet but plays when she plays
A girl who puts her hair down when the right time comes
A girl who covers herself but is more sexy than a girl who bares it all
A sensible girl like that (businessinsider.com)
What about more passion AND fashion? Look no farther than Calvin Klein. And this was one of the tamer images of Korean model Shin Min Ah, the first Korean woman to model for the brand. The advertisement portrays the climax of the single story.
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Finally I choose a CNN story, "Finding love across the Koreas: A matchmaker's tale," that begins with the following lines:
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- There's an old saying among Koreans: South Korean men are known for their looks and North Korean women for their beauty.
Choi Young-Hee took that adage and turned it into a business model. Choi is a matchmaker, bringing hundreds of South Korean bachelors and single North Korean female defectors together.
The central focus of the single story is the objectification of Korean women. Korean women are sexual objects. The message isn't subtle; it's blatant. What could this do to Korean women? (1) The single story will result in poor self-esteem. What if I'm not beautiful? What if my clothes aren't fashionable? (2) Korean women will develop a single story about men. Men want passionate women with a high sense of fashion. That's how I can get a man. All I have to do is throw myself at him, wearing a cute outfit. Even the news article can get get them into trouble and perhaps place them in harm's way. All I have to do is defect and I'll marry a hot South Korean guy. I also worry that romance and fashion will take the place of other important pursuits like education and literature.
Conclusion: Media in all forms portrays Korean women as sexual objects. In addition, media teaches how to attain the object through a single story of what Korean women want.They want romance and fashion. The process is even broken down in steps. Follow the steps and any and every Korean woman will be yours.
I really enjoyed your post. This is not a stereotype that I recognized right away, but after reading your article I see how blatant it is in our culture. There aren't nearly enough strong educated Korean women talked about in the media today.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you talked about the effect it has on the women. Often times we don't think about how the portrayals effect the people in them. Good insight.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Corey and Miranda! I have never really considered this specific stereotype until now, and I have even noticed it elsewhere since I read your post!
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I really liked this post. This isn't a common stereotype that you would think of off of the top of your head, but I recognize just how prevalent it is in our society now. Very nice work.
ReplyDeleteI like how you chose a unique group of people to examine! I think it's easy at times to classify Chinese, Japanese, and Korean people as all being "Asian", but it's refreshing to see the differences between each cultural group.
ReplyDeleteReally interesting! I think putting a Korean as Asian is too vague. They have their own personality traits.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I've never really thought of this as a stereotype before, but as I read your comments, it definitely started to make sense. I think this is great example of a stereotype that many miss, but its impact has a clear effect on those that it is targeting and others perception of this group.
ReplyDeleteMy roommate served his mission in Korea. I can attest to this stereotype considering his goal at jumping at any Korean girl he meets. He even dated a Korean girl for awhile. He states that he likes them more because of the caring attention they have to others. I'd be interested in the causation/correlation issue concerning the media in all this.
ReplyDeleteNot only Korean women are being treated like that, Japanese women as well! They are being treated as sexual objects. This is certainly not fair to them.
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