Earlier today I responded to a fellow pooner (probably Asian) who had a crappy experience with an Asian SP with whom I had a terrific experience. A difference like night and day. Can`t help speculating why. https://perb.cc/vbulletin/showthrea...-G-R-E-E-K-with-a-ravishable-sweetheart/page2
I`ll share my thoughts in 3 parts (Part II & III may take me a day or two, due to other priorities):
I. The beauty standards by which Chinese men tend to judge Chinese women
II. The trouble Chinese pooners often have with Chinese SPs
III. The trouble Chinese pooners often have with Western SPs (previously discussed here: https://perb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?147705-white-girls-dont-like-asian-guys)
Two caveats.
•I love Chinese culture and have many Chinese contacts, both male and female. That`s why I focus here on Chinese attitudes, though what I say also tends to be true of several other Asian cultures.
•I believe this to be an important topic, though it`s of course very controversial. The truth often is. Nothing I say should be construed as having a racist intent.
•What I`m going to say about Asian pooners is perhaps true of a majority or perhaps only a substantial minority; I don`t really know. But I realize there`re almost always many exceptions to generalizations about any large group of people.
Part I: The beauty standards by which Chinese men tend to judge Chinese women
Western and Chinese men judge Chinese women by very different beauty standards. My own observations jive completely with research data provided by a reputable website that`s a goldmine of information for anyone planning to live in China. http://middlekingdomlife.com/guide/understanding-chinese-women.htm
Here`s a description of Chinese men`s ideal of Chinese women:
According to numerous news media reports as well as an online survey conducted by www.sina.com involving more than 5,000 respondents, Chinese standards of female attractiveness emphasize height (165 to 170cm), an oval face, long straight hair, wafer-like thinness, a pale complexion, a complete absence of moles and freckles, large eyes with a double-fold or crease in the eyelids, and a pronounced bridge of the nose (China Daily, 2005; Chen, 2008). Unfortunately, most of these features are not characteristically Chinese at all. The average height of Chinese women is 160cm (about 5` 3") as compared to 170cm (about 5` 7") for Chinese men.
A revealing human interest story featured on the All-China Women`s Federation website about two American-born Chinese (ABC) girls studying in Beijing, highlights their difficulties adjusting to cultural differences in regard to both weight and skin tone. The article notes that whereas both girls wore small sizes in the United States, in China they are considered "fat" (and are readily told so by both friends and casual acquaintances) and can only fit into large sizes (Martin, 2007). Whereas their skin tone would be considered healthy-looking by American standards, here they are both regarded as being way too "dark."
What all of this amounts to is that the vast majority of Chinese women are extremely insecure about their physical appearance, far more so than their Western counterparts. There is incredible social pressure on Chinese women to be extremely thin and those who don`t meet their culture`s nearly unattainable standards of beauty are reminded of it constantly—by parents, friends, teachers, and commercial advertisements that conspicuously feature either Western models or those of Eurasian ancestry.
There is no doubt that Western and Chinese men maintain very different criteria for determining what constitutes a pretty Chinese girl, and this is actually one of the reasons behind some Chinese girls` attraction to foreign men. Obviously, if you are considered a "little ugly" by men of your own culture and then you come across a Western man who sincerely views and treats you as beautiful, it is understandable that the woman will be highly flattered, perhaps even grateful, and attracted in turn. The cultural difference in perception regarding what constitutes a pretty Chinese girl is so pronounced that one can actually find a public discussion among Chinese men on the China Daily forum titled "Do Foreign Men Have Ugly Chinese Girlfriends?"
I`ll share my thoughts in 3 parts (Part II & III may take me a day or two, due to other priorities):
I. The beauty standards by which Chinese men tend to judge Chinese women
II. The trouble Chinese pooners often have with Chinese SPs
III. The trouble Chinese pooners often have with Western SPs (previously discussed here: https://perb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?147705-white-girls-dont-like-asian-guys)
Two caveats.
•I love Chinese culture and have many Chinese contacts, both male and female. That`s why I focus here on Chinese attitudes, though what I say also tends to be true of several other Asian cultures.
•I believe this to be an important topic, though it`s of course very controversial. The truth often is. Nothing I say should be construed as having a racist intent.
•What I`m going to say about Asian pooners is perhaps true of a majority or perhaps only a substantial minority; I don`t really know. But I realize there`re almost always many exceptions to generalizations about any large group of people.
Part I: The beauty standards by which Chinese men tend to judge Chinese women
Western and Chinese men judge Chinese women by very different beauty standards. My own observations jive completely with research data provided by a reputable website that`s a goldmine of information for anyone planning to live in China. http://middlekingdomlife.com/guide/understanding-chinese-women.htm
Here`s a description of Chinese men`s ideal of Chinese women:
According to numerous news media reports as well as an online survey conducted by www.sina.com involving more than 5,000 respondents, Chinese standards of female attractiveness emphasize height (165 to 170cm), an oval face, long straight hair, wafer-like thinness, a pale complexion, a complete absence of moles and freckles, large eyes with a double-fold or crease in the eyelids, and a pronounced bridge of the nose (China Daily, 2005; Chen, 2008). Unfortunately, most of these features are not characteristically Chinese at all. The average height of Chinese women is 160cm (about 5` 3") as compared to 170cm (about 5` 7") for Chinese men.
A revealing human interest story featured on the All-China Women`s Federation website about two American-born Chinese (ABC) girls studying in Beijing, highlights their difficulties adjusting to cultural differences in regard to both weight and skin tone. The article notes that whereas both girls wore small sizes in the United States, in China they are considered "fat" (and are readily told so by both friends and casual acquaintances) and can only fit into large sizes (Martin, 2007). Whereas their skin tone would be considered healthy-looking by American standards, here they are both regarded as being way too "dark."
What all of this amounts to is that the vast majority of Chinese women are extremely insecure about their physical appearance, far more so than their Western counterparts. There is incredible social pressure on Chinese women to be extremely thin and those who don`t meet their culture`s nearly unattainable standards of beauty are reminded of it constantly—by parents, friends, teachers, and commercial advertisements that conspicuously feature either Western models or those of Eurasian ancestry.
There is no doubt that Western and Chinese men maintain very different criteria for determining what constitutes a pretty Chinese girl, and this is actually one of the reasons behind some Chinese girls` attraction to foreign men. Obviously, if you are considered a "little ugly" by men of your own culture and then you come across a Western man who sincerely views and treats you as beautiful, it is understandable that the woman will be highly flattered, perhaps even grateful, and attracted in turn. The cultural difference in perception regarding what constitutes a pretty Chinese girl is so pronounced that one can actually find a public discussion among Chinese men on the China Daily forum titled "Do Foreign Men Have Ugly Chinese Girlfriends?"






