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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| wylde wrote: |
edit: i don't really think they know themselves. just asked another 2 teachers, both said different things. 1 said big booies the other said big body. 1 said bad and the other said it depends on the situation. i found all the males say it is ok while all the females say it is bad..
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Given that most Korean females have EXTREMELY unrealistic views on body image and beauty (even the stick-thin ones think they need to diet), do you really expect them to say anything else? But most men want more than a ten-year-old boy's body to cuddle at night, so naturally it makes sense that the men would attach a positive connotation to "glamour", while the women would disparage it. There's no real contradiction here.
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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make of it what you will..... from the info i have gathered it seems that glamour is not good thing to say to gals..
2 males just told me negative meaning..
i will say it is bad thing to say. i cannot make you alter your opinion on what i have been told... but ya should ask a bunch of people before sticking to 1 opinion.
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Blue Flower
Joined: 23 Feb 2003
Location: The realisation that I only have to endure two more weeks in this filthy, perverted, nasty place!
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This is interesting. So there are two sides to the coin - a more innocent version where being called "glamour/ous" means that you have a nice, voluptuous shape, or that you dress like a prostitute.
I think i will pretend that it means the former, and that they mean it as a compliment, as they are not viscious kids, really sweet, and I think they mean it as a compliment, since everyone in my school thinks i look good. which is a good thing i guess.
Thanks wylde, you have been doing great research - keep up the good effort.
I do have one comment, however, about how many guys wanted to see "photos" - we are not gonna provide you with more material to m@sterbate over - search out your own porn. |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: ...Enlightenment...
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Well my gf says it means big boobs, slim waiste, and full hips and butt. A nice sexy shape, and it's very positive. |
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intergalactic
Joined: 19 May 2003
Location: Brisbane
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Funny how some people say it's positive, some negative.
I see it differently to you Corporal. You say that women see it as negative due to their bad body image.
I see it as more akin to the male wolf-whistle from a building site. The man might say it was a positive thing, a compliment or whatever. Some women might see it that way too. But many women would find it insulting and would interpret it as a negative thing.
I think the same might apply to the glamour 'compliment'. |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| intergalactic wrote: |
Funny how some people say it's positive, some negative.
I see it differently to you Corporal. You say that women see it as negative due to their bad body image.. |
Well...actually I wasn't making it quite so simple as that. I was simply suggesting a reason for why Asian women (in particular) might say that a word denoting "lush body" is a negative one, given their genetic tendency towards smaller, less amply proportioned sizes. In the same way, a culture of Reubenesque women might characteristic Asian girls as skinny, scrawny, weak, or sickly creatures whose narrow hips and small chests make them ill-prepared for fertility and childbirth. Neither of those perceptions are entirely fair, of course, but you can understand why either side might characterize their opposite in such a manner. |
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intergalactic
Joined: 19 May 2003
Location: Brisbane
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| Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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A-ha, misread your meaning there Corporal. Now I see what you mean.
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Glamour...?.... I don't recall ever hearing anybody (ie. Korean) say this word in that Konglishee way... But I have heard or read it means having "big boobs". That's all I know. And there's nothing wrong with that at least. Now a lot of Korean women are attractive enough. But a lot would like to be "glamour" girls too I guess. Even over here in the far east there is some obsession with boobs... |
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