Flowerboys and the appeal of 'soft masculinity' in South Korea

The British Broadcasting Corporation ^ | September 8, 2018

[dfwgator]

Just wait until this guy gets drafted into the Army, as all Korean men are.

[2ndDivisionVet]

He may have already served. It’s 21 months. We need to bring that back.

[Tax-chick]

The Wall Street Journal recently had an article about Korean soldiers’ skin-care routines. I cut it out and sent it to my daughter at Parris Island.

[Getready]

Fad for young’ns not responsible for dealing with complex life management issues. When the SHTF young’ns won’t have the time or money to spend on such activities.
I work with lots of Koreans...they do well...and they have the means for self indulgence....causing medical harm to one of my younger colleagues. He too is preoccupied with “looking good”

[9YearLurker]

It’s the increasing consumerization of our society globally.

Has anyone ever checked what the average millennial woman takes into the shower with her? It’s got to be 8-10 soaps and lotions and potions, with all kinds of brushes and scrubby applicators.

[varyouga]

My Asian girlfriend says it is now an epedemic in most asian countries and it’s impossible to find a “real” man. They look and act like girls.

IMO it is due to pumping soy and plasticizers into damn near everything they eat/drink.

The USA is not too far behind. Comparing most American young men to those from Russia is like night/day. I think locking kids up indoors in fear of pedophiles also has something to do with it. In Russia they are still free to play outside and do real “boy” things

[Dr. Pritchett]

I hope they plan to leave the Korean women to us....

[Lurker]

“Has anyone ever checked what the average millennial woman takes into the shower with her?”

I volunteer to do the research.

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[9YearLurker]

Ha ha!

[FDNYRHEROES]

OH MY .....

[radmanptn]

There are 2 legitimate reasons for men to wear make-up 1. When your bow hunting. 2. An attempt to avoid facial recognition. Of course neither of those reasons would cause people to believe that you had some sort of gender confusion, they'll just think your weird when you wear sharply angled black make-up in public.

[spirited irish]

Corporal Klinger was a coward who dressed in drag in hope of a discharge. It may well be that S. Koreas more feminized Klingers hope for a discharge from the social responsibilities shouldered by real men, including defense of one’s country.

[machman]

The 1980s new romatics welcome their South Korean chpater......

[Noumenon]

A silent moment with hand over heart in res ppl ect for your sacrifice.

[Tax-chick]

Many American men are fascinated with Korean girls, but South Korea has a nearly zero birth rate.

[Blue Jays]

"...locking kids up indoors..."

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Agreed. There is a remarkable paranoia that young parents feel their kid will be snatched if not in “scheduled” events.

This feminization of American males has countless negative features for both genders and our whole country at large. All the passive things kids do instead of being active out in the sunshine is weakening them.

[Kriggerel]

In Thailand, they call them ‘ladyboys’. :P

[dljordan]

“We need to bring that back.”

I don’t think it’s right to force someone to sign a contract but boy, do we need it. I would love to see the faces on them in boot camp. Oh, and women too.

[jmacusa]

Luker, our new “Laz’’.