In the U.S. you hear the same complaint in every daytime talk show or every sitcome. Women are always talking about men needing to embrace their feminine side, to be more sensitive, not to be afraid to cry. This is of course a stereotype, but it's out there, and you've heard the arguments for and against it.
In Korea, men have no problem at all doing things that are strongly feminine, by U.S. standards. These things include: wearing pink, wearing pastels and floral prints, using Hello Kitty and other "girly" stationary items, using girls facial moisturizers and stuff. It seems that they understand it here: it takes a real man to wear pink.
Men just simply don't care. I like that attitude. They don't see the Hello Kitty pencil with a pink puffy thing at the end, they just see a pencil. It's not a pink shirt or a pastel shirt, it's just a shirt.
So, let me be the first to say "kudos" to our Korean brothers. You have slipped the earthly bonds and reached enlightenment... in a pink Hello Kitty sweater.
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"They don't see the Hello Kitty pencil with a pink puffy thing at the end, they just see a pencil."
Dan,there's something about it, i like this post very much....
i'm so glad you have the internet in your place now... :) you have to feel like you're a little less than 9,000,000,000 miles away!
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