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ChopChaeJoe
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Location: Seoul
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| I don't think people emulate Japanese culture. they dissect it. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 11:30 am Post subject: |
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| kimchi_pizza wrote: |
My very first day of teaching and barely walked onto the school grounds when I was greeted with a girl grabb'n my arse.
I dread even going to Japan for visa runs, my disgust with everything about that country is....well, I could go on forever. I may be judgemental and generalizing, but.... |
IF you want to rake an entire country over your coals it's fair to put some 'essay' into it. As it is you just sound traumatized by a schoolgirl 'grabb'n my arse'. |
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pastis
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| ChopChaeJoe wrote: |
| I don't think people emulate Japanese culture. |
Well you're wrong then. |
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ariellowen
Joined: 19 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
Hello, jinju!
What do you suppose contributes to the cuteness of babies, puppies,and kittens?
Some readers may say, "God made them that way."
That may be true, but here are some other possible answers:
■ small size
Which looks cuter to you, a cherry tomato or a strawberry? More likely a cherry tomato, since it is smaller than a full-size tomato. A strawberry may not be larger than a cherry tomato, but it does not have a larger-size counterpart.
According to Lorenz (1956, v. 1: 222) and Robson & Moss (1970), small size adds to a child's cuteness. Adults are more punitive toward taller children (Eisenberg et al., 1984), but hold higher expectations of taller children (Brackbill & Nevill, 1981; Eisenberg et al., 1984). Once when I misbehaved in second grade, the teacher said, "I'm surprised at you, the biggest boy in the class!"
■ large head
Lorenz (1950) was the first to suggest that children's proportionately larger heads added to their cuteness. Later researchers, who ran validation studies, found that Lorenz was right as usual (Fullard & Reiling, 1976; Sternglanz, Gray, & Murakami, 1977; Hildebrandt & Fitzgerald, 1979; Alley, 1983).
■ large eyes
Of all of the parts of the infant's body, the eyes are the proportionately largest. Consequently, large eyes have become a mark for cuteness. Again, Lorenz (1950) was the first to note this feature, and later researchers have found that he was right (Fullard & Reiling, 1976; Sternglanz, Gray, & Murakami, 1977; Hildebrandt & Fitzgerald, 1979; Alley, 1983).
Gould (1980) claims that this feature adds to Mickey Mouse's cuteness.
These first three traits apply to babies AND kittens AND puppies.
The remaining traits apply to babies, but might apply to other species also.
■ chubby cheeks
Lorenz (1950, 1956, v. 1: 222) noticed that children have round, protruding cheeks and suggested that this adds to their cuteness. Again, later researchers found that Lorenz was right (Fullard & Reiling, 1976; Sternglanz, Gray, & Murakami, 1977; Hildebrandt & Fitzgerald, 1979; Alley, 1983).
■ large or small mouth
According to Eibl-Eibesfeldt (1990, [1970] 1972: 21), a small mouth is an infantile feature, which is beneficial for purposes of sucking.
Gould (1980) claims that this feature also adds to Mickey Mouse's cuteness.
■ chubby or curvy legs
Lorenz (1950, 1956, v. 1: 222) suggested that children's short and thick limbs add to their cuteness. This has been confirmed by later research (Alley, 1983).
Like many other pet breeds, the pekingese has been mercilessly bred for childlike cuteness. This is why the pekingese has short legs and a consequent waddle (Morris, 1986: 114).
■ chubby buttocks
When kid star Shirley Temple visited nursing homes, the elderly residents made such comments as "What a cute bottom!" She later wrote in her autobiography (Black, 1988: 396), "I would have preferred their attention on the front, but whatever made them happy was acceptable to me."
This could be because children have proportionately larger and rounder rumps than adults (Bayley, 1956). Lorenz (1956, v. 1: 222-223) explains that children are more easily portable that way.
I don't know how much artistic skill you have, but I invite you to take out a pencil and paper and draw a picture according to the above prescriptions.
Betcha the picture will look cute, no matter what your level of artistic skill.
Alley, T. R. 1981. Head shape and the perception of cuteness. Developmental Psychology 17: 650-654.
Bayley, N. 1956. Individual patterns of development. Child Development 27: 45-74.
Black, S. T. 1988. Child star: An autobiography. New York: Warner Books.
Brackbill, Y. & Nevill, D. D. 1981. Parental expectations of achievement as affected by children's height. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 27: 429-439.
Eisenberg, N.; Roth, K.; Bryniarski, K. A.; & Murray, E. 1984. Sex differences in the relationship of height to children's actual and attributed social and cognitive competencies. Sex Roles 11: 719-734.
Fullard, W. & Reiling, A. M. 1976. An investigation of Lorenz's "babyness." Child Development 47: 1191-1193.
Gould, S. J. 1980. A biological homage to Mickey Mouse. In The panda's thumb: More reflections in natural history. New York: W. W. Norton: 95-107.
Hildebrandt, K. A. & Fitzgerald, H. E. 1979. Facial feature determinants of perceived infant attractiveness. Infant Behavior and Development 2: 329-339.
Lorenz, K. 1950. Part and parcel in animal and human societies: A methodological discussion. In Studies in animal and human behaviour (Martin, R., transl.). 1971. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press: vol. 2: 115-195.
_____. 1956. Interviewed in Tanner, J. M. & Inhelder, B., eds., Discussions on child development: The proceedings of the first meeting of the World Health Organization Study Group on the Psychobiological Development of the Child, Geneva, 1953. New York: International Universities Press.
Morris, D. 1986. Dogwatching. New York: Crown Publishers.
Robson, K. S. & Moss, H. A. 1970. Patterns and determinants of maternal attachment. Journal of Pediatrics 77: 976-985.
Sternglanz, S. H.; Gray, J. L.; & Murakami, M. 1977. Adult preferences for infantile facial features: An ethological approach. Animal Behavior 25: 108-115. |
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