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Otokonoko (男の娘, "male daughter" or "male girl", also pronounced as otoko no musume) is a Japanese term for men who have a culturally feminine gender expression. [1] [2] This includes, among others, males with feminine appearances, or those cross-dressing.
Gackt, a Japanese singer-songwriter, is considered to be one of the living manifestations of the Bishōnen phenomenon. [1] [2]Bishōnen (美少年, IPA: [bʲiɕo̞ꜜːnẽ̞ɴ] ⓘ; also transliterated bishounen) is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful youth (boy)" and describes an aesthetic that can be found in disparate areas in East Asia: a young man of androgynous beauty.
It and drew heavy influences from the androgynous styling of South Korean K-pop boy bands, [1] [2] visual kei, [2] and fashion from the 1980s and 1990s in the United States. [2] Influential figures for the genderless subculture are actor and model Toman; [3] [5] model and media personality Ryuchell; [3] [5] [6] and media personality Genking .
"Köçek troupe at a fair" at Sultan Ahmed's 1720 celebration of his son's circumcision. Miniature from the Surname-i Vehbi, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul.. Turkish köçek derives from Ottoman Turkish كوچوك (küçük, “small, little”), from Old Anatolian Turkish (kiçük, “small, little”), from Proto-Turkic *kičük, *kičüg (“small, little”).
The word "kkonminam" is a neologism that was first used to describe "pretty boy characters from girls comics who regularly appeared against backgrounds filled with flowery patterns". [3] The Korean kkonminam concept of soft masculinity originates from the Japanese concept of bishōnen in shōjo manga and anime, but, according to Sun Jung, with ...
Chef Kenny Nguyen isn't new to Athens, but his restaurant is. The former executive chef at The Expat and "Top Chef" TV series contestant has begun accepting reservations at Pretty Boy, which is ...
Bacha bāzī [1] (/ ˈ b ɑː tʃ ɑː b ɑː ˈ z i /, Pashto and Dari: بچه بازی, lit. 'boy play') refers to a pederasty practice in Afghanistan in which men exploit and enslave adolescent boys for entertainment and/or sexual abuse.
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