Ok, so I was bothered a little by the joke “There are gays all over the world but not in Korea”. I wasn’t offended by the joke at all. I thought it was quite funny. However, it made me think of all the gay things in Asian culture. The example of G Dragon in class was a very small example. There are groups where guys try to look like girls. They parade around in tons of makeup and have really long hair; some of these people even go as far as wearing women clothing. However, they are not gay and are only doing it for their image. There are whole genres of gay men that are targeted to women. In Japan, bishounen boys are really cute boys that seem really girly or gay. In manga, there is a genre called yaoi which is gay porn. Yet, it’s gay porn from women. The guys in the books are often feminine and the storylines romantic. The yaoi genre is rather large even though homosexuality is still not accepted. The gay genre in Asia has gone as far as national tv. A television show aired a skit called hard gay. In this skit a man wearing a latex vest and short shorts with a biker hat, walks around the street thrusting his crouch at people. When I thought about all these things I realize how negative these images are. It’s almost as if Asia has its own gay joke. Asians are shamed and disowned when their gay but it is perfectly fine to imitate them.
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