Anyways.
While singing along with probably terrible Korean pronunciation and saying things like "You have to notice me, I sparkle like a diamond" (nunne hwak di jana, di jana; bitnaneun nareul joahae!, etc.), I noticed how different the images girls want as celebrities. Assuming I'm speaking of First World countries, in Western societies (America, France, etc.), singers are generally sexy and womanly while in Eastern cultures (Japan, Korea, etc.) the girls are supposed to cutesy and, well, girly. Think Kesha vs. girls who wear a lot of glitter of poofy, bright dresses. Now I'm not saying this about ALL celebrities because there are obviously exceptions, but even when talking to my oriental (I won't say Asian because this encompasses a lot) friends about this, they agree. I remember my one friend, who isn't my friend anymore for a really stupid reason, but I digress. Well sort of because I'm not even on that subject so...I'm on a random tangent. Anyways, this kid only liked girls who were really "cute, talked in a higher pitch, had cute mannerisms, etc. He even rejected a girl because she didn't act cute enough only to confess his love to her later or something (I exaggerate, but this is slightly what happened). Though nothing should be taken to the extreme, obviously, I actually like this image a lot more.
For example, Tiffany from SNSD.
I really don't like how in Japan (I don't know about the others) females are still sort of viewed as objects, though hopefully this will change with time as it is in America. Still, she comes off as far more pure, innocent, and nice than a lot of girls in America who are pressured to show off their bodies especially in rap music videos. Why is that necessary? American media has already marred how girls view themselves and how the male population should treat them, so why is this allowed to go on? Luckily, I do see (slow) progression. I suppose there's hope, but humans are taking longer to develop than I'd like.
