The Things You Learn If Only You Look: Dating Korean Men

Hello again my beautiful friends! Am I an active AFF blogger or what? Kekeke~

I'm currently researching for another story I'm working on and looking over infos about certain places in Seoul. There's this blog that I found written by a Korean about Korean culture. It's aptly called: ASK A KOREAN. I looked over one section about popular questions and guess what's the top question?

How do I attract Korean men?

According to the blogger, "Some of the emails are simply the result of Korean men being around non-Korean women, but many of the emails seem to be a direct result of the recent popularity of Korean dramas and the male actors in them." I can only imagine the massive number of questions like this if you add up KPop in the equation.

Naturally, I was intrigued as to what the blogger has to say about this subject especially since admittedly I've been curious of the same question once or twice in the past (not just Korean men but men in general). The blogger's answer?

"If there is only one thing to remember about Korean men, it’s this: they are men before they are Korean. "

KOREAN MEN ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS ALL MEN.

Aside from some cultural nuances like the fact that there is a huge pressure to be married at a certain age (according to the blogger most Koreans are expected to marry in their early 30s at the latest...which now makes TOP a unique case after saying that he plans to marry when he's 40), Korean men are generally the same as all other men in the universe and the blogger stressed this several times.

What struck me the most though is the special advisory at the bottom of the article directed towards ladies from the Philippines, Vietnam, and other Southeast Asian countries. My reaction?

OUCH!!!

It sure straightened my perspectives. HAHAHA.

Read the FULL ARTICLE/POST HERE

Not to seem like the bearer of bad vibes but I am 95% sure his statement there is accurate because I have a friend who currently resides in SK and even though she's already married (FilAm), she has stories to tell relating to racism there. I do hope though that it does not apply to the majority of the South Korean population and that current multicultural exposure of their younger generation will help their society to be more open to people of different race.

All in all, the blog is pretty useful. I shall go ahead now and read some more. Maybe I can post some other useful info here once I find something interesting again.

MUCH LOVE!!! ^_^

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RogueMia #1 Sep 18, 2012 03:35:42

I've actually read most post of Ask A Korean blogger. .he's site is very interesting, informative and all in all serves as a good resource. . plus he has a lot of fun facts and interesting notes regarding the Korean culture..And, if I might add, he sets a balanced (ALMOST non-biased) perspective regarding most issues especially when it concerns racism within Korea and Korean's marriages. . :P

cougar #2 Sep 14, 2012 10:03:05

oh I'm have more to do now btw thanks again for the link to that movie I watched it and I love especially since I can call Lee Jung Jin Oppa that is a very rare thing for me.

mstofai #3 Sep 14, 2012 09:59:05

My Korean friends tell me about things like this. And yep (article), most Koreans are racist. They don't like different. Heck, they don't even like gays because it's different from the norm. Wth, right. As for the Filipinas, my friend told me that Korean men find Filipina women easy. That's why they don't have much respect for Filipina or Filipinos in general. And it is so true about those Korean men who go to another country just to marry. Korean women doesn't like to live in the countryside, that's why these countryside Korean men go to other countries and marry and that is why Korean have low regards towards marriages.

Hay. When I knew about these and other stuffs about Korea and its people, all the flowers and honey I thought about Korea spoiled :/