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[anonymous]

idk if meme finds this stuff as interesting as i do, but one of my korean friends told me that in korean shops you can usually only find clothes in certain sizes for women--like a us xs-m, and for shoes a us women's 5-8. not because all korean people are those sizes, but because the korean social mindset is that everyone SHOULD BE that size, and maybe if they don't provide clothes for bigger people, no one will be bigger.

i think i remembered this bc of the anons talking abt leeteuk. like if he was socialized in a country that doesn't even (generally) make clothes for people larger than a certain size... it doesn't really surprise me that he's said sideye-worthy things about people who are "larger" than that typical view :(

[anonymous]

this is generally the case, according to my relatives who live in Hong Kong. generally, you are very responsible for the shape and size of your body in East Asia.

[anonymous]

i find that really interesting. it's all so internalized, i guess.

i do remember watching a short korean skit, and the boss was getting overweight (with a teensy, barely there belly) and his employees were criticizing it in his face and asking him whether he'd been okay lately. i think it's expected for both sides but there's so much more pressure on women :/

[anonymous]

yep :( that same friend also told me (he's a guy) that even though the pressure is less with men, most guys won't make friends with "unattractive"/"fat" guys. like they won't necessarily be mean to them, they just won't be their friends.

[anonymous]

i think it's interesting! iirc it's like that in japan too, with basically only one size. size 9, i think? it the size i remember from my loli-fashion appreciation days at least lol

but yeah. if you grow up in a culture like that it's not really surprising that it's not really surprising people will say things like that. it's not okay to say those things, but understandable.

[anonymous]

Yeaaah, I wasn't in Korea for very long, regardless I only came back with shirts, and baggy shirts were in that year so they fit fine. I am not particularly big by Western standards (I'd say average, I'm not too small either) and I for the life of me could not get anything other than shorts to fit me when shopping in Seoul. It's pretty depressing :(