You might have heard the stories — of cameras that look like lighters, flashes of light inside nooks and crannies at a public restroom, subway upskirting — but they might have sounded like stories of other people. On June 9, some 22,000 women gathered in South Korea to say they’re not. It could happen to anyone. The demonstration in Hyehwa, Seoul, was the biggest women’s rally thus far in South Korean history (seconded only by the same organizer’s first rally on May 19). “It was bound to happen,” said Ha Yena, 21, referring to the massive protests. One night in Seoul last year, Ha went to a motel alone after an evening of drinking with friends. In the middle of her sleep, she felt something on her legs. She woke up, opened her eyes, and in the dark, saw a man who looked to be in his twenties. His hands were on her legs, trying to part them. His face was illuminated by a glowing white light — emitted by a phone. Ha remembers her mind going blank. She was only able to stutter, “Who are you?” Ha found herself a victim of ‘spycam porn’ in production, and she is hardly the only one. Recording others without consent, then circulating the images as pornographic materials, is a widespread problem in South Korea. Read the rest of the article here.
What the actual fuck? This has to be one of the most bizarr & disgusting things I ever read regarding porn.... Thanks for the wake-up call dude, reading this article made me realize even more how fucked up this world has become thanks to porn & even more eager to stop this BS-addiction once & for all.
I live in South Korea. In public, it's the perfect [ly repressed] society. In private, it's a cesspool. The country is so repressed, that men have to get women drunk on 'soju' then drag them into 'love hotels'... all the while the women meekly protest. It's really unhealthy. All the men are on porn... I've had the braver students in my class mentioning it at times. At least in the west, we have a well-developed individualist ethical tradition that we can resort to for our moral compass... in the east, morality is just defined by the collective [Confucianism].
Hey Buzz, I’m pretty sure I remember you’re Catholic? How do you find the Church there? As you describe above, or vibrant and devout? It would be interesting to see how it fits, in context. Also, Asian women have been fetishized for sex, forever. I am sadly unsurprised by this thread.
I'd say the reason for a lot of the 'fetishization' of Asian women by western men is due to the more militant attributes of feminism that is running rampant in the west... and not feminine at all. I am not a church-goer here in Asian... maybe when I get back home...
Thanks for the reply. I do find the male/female dynamic fascinating. There’s lots to say, I don’t know if it’s productive to engage. But women, and men, each need the other to be authentic to their nature. Individual natures vary. I don’t think we get to put a wish list on to other people. Each can make their choice according to what they find attractive. If Asian women are seen as more attractive, then western women will be disregarded for them. This is already happening in Australia, to a degree. The awful and racist term for a man who prefers an Asian woman is called “yellow fever”.
I'm from Australia and I've never heard of this concept. Are you describing australia in general or just the australian diaspora in Phuket?
Maybe it’s generational? I’m 40, have only ever lived here and am not well traveled. I hear it not infrequently, along with the mail order bride slur..
I I have heard the tales of drunken men in suits, passed out in the streets, with bright red faces and stomachs full of soju.
A lot of men are finding western woman too bolshy and outright unattractive... any 'hotness' they display on the outside is matched by a spoilt personality on the inside. Add social media to feminist ideology, and you have new breed of self-entitled, opinionated, and narcissistic women. I have had Korean women tell me that Australian women would come up to them in bars and tell them to !@#$ off. I think many men might go through a phase of 'yellow fever', but at some point realize that its the qualities that a women might possess on the inside that counts.
Yes, very sad. You know something is wrong with the culture when apparently successful middle-aged men, with chauffeurs and black limousines, are publicly vomiting in the middle of the street. I have a vivid memory, because so symbolic, of one such person leaning out his window to make a mess of the gleaming and polished paintwork.
Interesting post... Suprised you live in Korea because I always thought you lived in Europe somewhere. But I've always suspected you to be an academic.
There was this BBC documentary called A History of Christianity and they featured Christianity in Korea towards the end of it. See it below (the stuff about Korea starts at 47:29) Since making of the documentary Pastor David Yonggi Cho was imprisoned for embezzlement. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/...h-still-worships-its-embezzling-former-leader That is probably one reason why Christianity is in decline over there.
My understanding is that yellow fever isn't a white man who prefers Asian women but a white man who views Asian women as objects. My past girlfriends are Asian but maybe it's different because I'm part Asian myself. But in all honesty, I don't plan on having an Asian girlfriend in the future. My ex's had all these exceptions that came from their culture and it stressed me out because I couldn't fulfil them. I wouldn't say Asian women are more attractive because I consider women of all races to be attractive, I just happened to get into a relationship with them. But I think I would choose someone from my own culture now because things can get really complicated and difficult when you're with someone from a different culture. If these guys who go for Asian girls think life will be easier with Asian women they will be shocked when they actually get into a relationship with one.
Do you mean "expectations"? I have always been interested in Asian culture; would you mind sharing some of those expectations you experienced when dating Asian women? Thanks.