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[Freeghen]

What I find really interesting is that many foreign men with Korean girlfriends / wives say that they have been harassed by Korean men in public when they are together. Has anyone ever brought attention to these Adjesshi's that the number of Korean men marrying foreign women grossly outweighs the number of Korean women marrying foreigners?

I'm not a man, but these double standards really irritate me.
I have a Korean boyfriend and we get the curious stares but nobody has ever said anything rude or offensive to him or me. In fact, we've really had nothing but people be friendly to us when we are out together.


When I was living in Japan back in 2006, I saw plenty of foreign man / Japanese woman couples and it appeared as though Japanese men really couldn't have cared less. None of the foreign men I talked to said they had any problems when they were out in public.


There really is no point to this thread other than I just find the differences in cultures regarding this issue really interesting and I would like to know your experiences / thoughts on this issue if you have any. If you experienced predjudice, how did you handle the situation?

[UknowsI]

[Freeghen]

[UknowsI]

In the situations I've experienced harassment I very much doubt a polite and constructive discussion is possible. I feel like it would be like asking a drunk to settle a dispute over a game of chess.

The second point is that from my understanding of Korean culture, such a discussion in public would be extremely humiliating for most Korean girls and especially if they have to do it them self. Some Korean girls can and will stand up for themselves but the ones I know would never had made such a speech.

My Korean is not good enough for a discussion, so I've just ignored it.

[tzechuk]

Double standard and Korea is full of it.

[winterwawa]

The officer at the immigration office yelled at my wife when we went to apply for my F2 VISA. He basically called her a tramp and told her that she was betraying here country. She is not a fighter so she stared crying and we left. How does one defend oneself in that situation? You don't. She took the abuse and I kept my mouth shut because immi controls everything. The situation at that particular office has gotten better, but it has a long way to go.

I have also been walking with k-female friends and had men call them whores. It happens more than most people will admit. Having a conversation with them is pointless. If they were intelligent enough to have that type of conversation, they wouldn't make the comments in the first place. The best thing to do is walk away and let them kept their ignorance.

[Sadebugo1]

[Joe666]

From what I have heard, there as quite a difference between Japan and Korea. I can't speak for Japan, but I can for Korea. I was walking with a female co-worker (purely plutonic) for a stretch of 40m and it didn't take long for the obvious. She just took off ahead of me after about 10m.

That was my first taste of what I had read/was told about this issue. My first thought. Wow, it's true. It's absolutely 100% true. I will not bother to pursue a female if I think for one second she doesn't have the ovaries to "stand up" for what she believes. Unfortunately, a Korean female who does have the "ovaries", is a rare find. From what I have experienced, Korean girls think that initially, dating a foriegner is acceptable. The meeting takes place, the obvious occurs and that's pretty much the first and last time. They crumble like a house of cards. Don't fool yourself in believing gender "equality" truly exists in this country.

The reasons for this issue. Continue to read Dave's.

Inferiority, farmer mentality, insecurity, nationalism and my all time favorite - PURE BLOOD. This whole country needs a basic explanation of Evolutionary Genetics. My ten year old nephew could give that explanation.

[Joe666]

winterwawa wrote:

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]

Look none of us would be here if the money was better elsewhere.

I know this kind of stuff is hurtful, previous poster, It makes me so mad too.

Just keep thinking fo the money and the fact that once you've got what you want this place will be a tiny afterthough for the rest of your life...

You've got to just live in your own world here and rise above it....

That said, it must be hard if you're married or engage to a Korean and have to encounter this crap.

I wouldn't be handle it without blowing my top and yes I know I'd end up in trouble with the law rather than the Korean instigator...

I'd have to tell my gal, we have to leave Korea or break up...

[New Balance]

To the OP: Take your boyfriend home to your western country to see what real racial discrimination is. I'm a gyopo and once my brother and I took out a young attractive highschool blond who worked for my parents for a treat and got so many uncomfortable stares.

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