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While expectations of female beauty usually outweigh male expectations, South Korea is notable for the standards placed on men. South Korea has become one of the beauty capitals of the world for male beauty. In contrast to the West, it is still a misconception that the South Korean beauty industry exclusively focuses on women.
Skin color contrast has been identified as a feminine beauty standard observed across multiple cultures. [7] Women tend to have darker eyes and lips than men, especially relative to the rest of their facial features, and this attribute has been associated with female attractiveness and femininity, [7] yet it also decreases male attractiveness according to one study. [8]
According to Gory, South Korea has a very established ideal beauty standard that’s hard to deviate from. It’s all about “natural beauty,” and tattoos directly conflict with what Korean ...
Standards of beauty vary based on culture and location. While Western beauty standards emphasize muscled physiques, this is not the case everywhere. [9] In South Korea and other parts of East Asia, the rise of androgynous K-pop bands have led to slim boyish bodies, vibrant hair, and make-up being more sought-after ideals of masculine beauty.
The standards in South Korea have created the "Escape the Corset" movement to cast off what a minority believe are the country's rigid beauty standards. This movement was created by a small group of women that wanted to put a stop to existing beauty standards, as well as their long-accepted attitude towards plastic surgery and cosmetic.
Megalian activists advocated that women "break the corset" of Korean beauty standards, helped pressure the South Korean government to shut down the non-consenual pornography site SoraNet , and protested violence against women after the 2016 Seocho-dong public-toilet murder case.
In many pictures with Kim Jong-Un, his subjects look like they’re crying -- and a Korean Studies professor explains the reason for the display of emotion. Why are so many North Koreans crying in ...
Cho, Hyukjin. "Humble white apron, shameful blue uniform and empowering red union vest: Women janitors in South Korea." Asian Journal of Women's Studies 25.4 (2019): 555–571. Chong, Kelly H. Deliverance and submission: Evangelical women and the negotiation of patriarchy in South Korea (Brill, 2020). Hasunuma, Linda, and Ki-young Shin.