Current Events > Chinese boys train to be 'real men' to combat effects of K-Pop
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brestugo 05/12/19 9:21:12 PM #1: |
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3009326/chinese-boys-train-be-real-men-fight-bts-idol-effect-make
It is minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) the morning two dozen boys gather at a Beijing park to be transformed into alpha males. The wind bites, worsening nerves as the boys the youngest seven years old prepare to strip to their waists for a run. One of the watching mothers is worried. She wants her son to grow into a macho male, but its so cold. She tells him he can keep his shirt on, or perhaps skip the run through Olympic Forest Park. This is the kind of feminine parenting that coach Tang Haiyan fears can ruin boys. Tang, a former schoolteacher, founded the Real Man Training Club to combat what he and others in China see as a masculinity crisis. It is part of a backlash against the make-up- and earring-wearing male pop idols and actors who have gained immense popularity in the country. If you are promoting these effeminate figures, its a calamity for our country, Tang said. Chinas boy bands and celebrities are influenced by K-pop idols from South Korea like BTS. People such as Jackson Yee with their delicate beauty, dyed hair and haute couture wardrobes have a massive following among women in the country. But Chinas state-run media condemns the young idols, calling them sissy pants and young fresh meat. The backlash deepened after a back-to-school TV programme featured the boy band F4. Angry parents attacked the Education Ministrys decision to hold up the cosmetics-wearing young men as role models; state media warned that a sick and decadent culture threatened the future of the nation. --- It's not the size of the dog in the fight that matters, it's the size of the fight in the dog. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Unsugarized_Foo 05/12/19 9:23:29 PM #2: |
Or play some good ol' Football and jam to some Hank Williams Jr
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Dark_Garioshi 05/12/19 9:24:21 PM #3: |
toxic
masculinity --- What is this "logic" you speak of? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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YonicBoom 05/12/19 9:27:34 PM #4: |
In order to grow up to be a "macho male" you kind of have to survive childhood first.
Making your kids run with little clothing in freezing cold isn't gonna make them macho, it's gonna get them hurt or killed. Stupid. --- This is only here to keep me from being a sigless user. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DrizztLink 05/12/19 9:28:57 PM #5: |
brestugo posted...
Tang, a former schoolteacher, founded the Real Man Training Club t  --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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brestugo 05/12/19 9:37:46 PM #6: |
I'm no fan of K-pop but I find it amusing the Chinese government sees it as some kind of existential threat. Bowie was doing androgyny in the '70s and everyone - including Prince, was doing androgyny in the '80s. Somehow the West survived.
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ollie89 05/12/19 9:38:33 PM #7: |
Holy shit this is embarrassing.
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Touch 05/12/19 9:40:18 PM #8: |
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brestugo 05/12/19 9:45:35 PM #9: |
Someone revealed their deep-seated inner thoughts by calling the boys "young fresh meat". Just sayin'
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_Rinku_ 05/12/19 9:48:12 PM #10: |
Now that is some fragile masculinity. Absolutely pathetic.
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CommonStar 05/12/19 9:48:17 PM #11: |
Dark_Garioshi posted...
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Esrac 05/12/19 9:54:13 PM #12: |
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Dragonblade01 05/12/19 9:57:00 PM #13: |
Watch us find out later that he just wanted an excuse to take off the boys' clothes.
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Machete 05/12/19 10:01:02 PM #14: |
ollie89 posted...
Holy shit this is embarrassing. --- Place-holder sig because new phone and old sigs not saved :/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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RoboLaserGandhi 05/12/19 10:03:51 PM #15: |
I think it's absolutely insane that a country with well over a billion people has their culture policed by law.
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vocedelmorte 05/12/19 10:03:55 PM #16: |
It's funny to me cause historically Chinese considered muscles and excess masculinity as barbaric, and noble men had long hair. I blame communism
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brestugo 05/14/19 5:15:06 AM #17: |
Dragonblade01 posted...
Watch us find out later that he just wanted an excuse to take off the boys' clothes. +1 --- It's not the size of the dog in the fight that matters, it's the size of the fight in the dog. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kolibri X 05/14/19 5:19:49 AM #18: |
Based Chinese strikes again. Some of most masculine men in East Asia are mainlander Chinese men.
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Jswift254 05/14/19 5:23:09 AM #19: |
At least someone is fighting back against the k-pop scourge
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