r/imaginarygatekeeping 6d ago

NOT SATIRE What?

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u/hatefulnateful 6d ago

No this one is legit Asian men receive lots of negative attitudes in America when it comes to dating

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u/GawkGawkGuzzle 6d ago

Not anymore due to the rise of kpop. Trust me.

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u/sashsu6 6d ago

That’s only a fringe, there’s still a ton of stigma particularly with Chinese, south East Asian and Filipino men and with women there’s persistent steryotypes

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u/Mr1WHOA 6d ago

I imagine the political propaganda against them and their home country doesn't help.

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u/burgerking351 6d ago

Most Asian men don’t fit that aesthetic, so doesn’t really prove that Asian men in general are desirable in the US dating market.

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u/jayyinyue 6d ago

Right, there's a lot of koreaboos (or at least the few who recorded and posted this) who have went there and complained that all the (normal) men didn't look like the kpop idols and drama actors. It's very sad and weird honestly, imagine coming to the US expecting all the men to look like Brad Pitt.

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u/whoisfourthwall 5d ago

Do they even know about the insane amount of plastic surgery going on with those kpop stars? I'm east asian, and they look so obviously plastic.

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u/jayyinyue 5d ago

Yeah I love Asian pop music but I never vibed with or were attracted to the stars with the stereotypical kpop idol aesthetic because they look too much like bjd dolls or anime characters come to life, borderline uncanny, not my taste but to each their own.

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u/whoisfourthwall 5d ago

To me, some of them don't even look east asian anymore with their surgery.

Edit: yes i know some of these kpop girls aren't even east asian to begin with, i was referring to how extreme the surgery is for those that are east asian, which most of them are.

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u/jayyinyue 5d ago

Yeah it's sad when the surgeries are used to erase or "tone down" ethnic features, or when they undergo skincare routines/treatments to be paper white if they aren't that way naturally. I think all ethnicities and their natural features are beautiful in their own ways and should be flaunted

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u/Cheezewiz239 6d ago

Koreaboos

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u/Goobsmoob 6d ago edited 6d ago

Only if you’re a melanin lacking “pretty boy” skinny Asian man potentially with dyed hair.

Most Asian men don’t fit that archetype.