Comments on: Foreigners are so Kaifang! http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html This is China Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: b. cheng http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-513 b. cheng Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:05:25 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-513 Eric's point is true up to the point people graduate high school. Unlike US hs students, in China, the focus is so much on the exam and getting a good grade to get into a good university, once that passes, many Chinese open up and in many cases are even more "open" than western counterparts in most cases. Eric’s point is true up to the point people graduate high school. Unlike US hs students, in China, the focus is so much on the exam and getting a good grade to get into a good university, once that passes, many Chinese open up and in many cases are even more “open” than western counterparts in most cases.

]]> By: Eric http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-505 Eric Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:27:17 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-505 repressed sexuality is going to manifest itself somehow. there are defintly promiscous people in this country. and they are not a neglectable percentage. although even in the adult population, theres not a whole THAT much casual sex going on. in america, pre-martial sex is not really stigmatized. in china, a lot of people are still virgins going to their wedding night. the kaifang notion is about no-brainer social acceptance of behaviors that would be deemed less than appropriate in this country. this is still a pretty conservative country. not just on sexuality. imagine victorian england, uptight moral standards? yes. it does not translate to less adultery though. repressed sexuality is going to manifest itself somehow. there are defintly promiscous people in this country. and they are not a neglectable percentage.
although even in the adult population, theres not a whole THAT much casual sex going on. in america, pre-martial sex is not really stigmatized. in china, a lot of people are still virgins going to their wedding night. the kaifang notion is about no-brainer social acceptance of behaviors that would be deemed less than appropriate in this country. this is still a pretty conservative country. not just on sexuality.
imagine victorian england, uptight moral standards? yes. it does not translate to less adultery though.

]]> By: Josh http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-503 Josh Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:46:06 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-503 @Eric: It's an interesting point you make about high school, because my impression that high school and undergraduates in China are much more sheltered than elsewhere, and as a result know virtually nothing about sex (not universally of course). I'm not really sure what the disconnect is when people get older. I'm not saying it's Sweden or anything, I'm just saying that the idea that the assertion that Chinese adults are much less 'kaifang' than foreigners rings false. And for a country that is porn-free I've seen young men watching some insane things in internet cafes. @Eric:

It’s an interesting point you make about high school, because my impression that high school and undergraduates in China are much more sheltered than elsewhere, and as a result know virtually nothing about sex (not universally of course).

I’m not really sure what the disconnect is when people get older. I’m not saying it’s Sweden or anything, I’m just saying that the idea that the assertion that Chinese adults are much less ‘kaifang’ than foreigners rings false. And for a country that is porn-free I’ve seen young men watching some insane things in internet cafes.

]]> By: nanheyangrouchuan http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-502 nanheyangrouchuan Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:12:51 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-502 What China needs is more open sexuality, not less. Good for the disposition. What China needs is more open sexuality, not less. Good for the disposition.

]]> By: The ShangHighRoller http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-501 The ShangHighRoller Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:07:23 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-501 Soft core porn is readily available here, and very popular, online, or in hard copy. There is a lot of sleazy stuff, too, not nearly as classy as Playboy. Misogynistic, "sexy co-ed filmed while undressing," etc. And a good chunk of it is marinated in racial (read: anti-Japanese) ideology. China's distorted boy/girl ratio and old ideas of 重男轻女 are not helping. The government protests too much. Soft core porn is readily available here, and very popular, online, or in hard copy.

There is a lot of sleazy stuff, too, not nearly as classy as Playboy. Misogynistic, “sexy co-ed filmed while undressing,” etc. And a good chunk of it is marinated in racial (read: anti-Japanese) ideology. China’s distorted boy/girl ratio and old ideas of 重男轻女 are not helping.

The government protests too much.

]]> By: Eric http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-496 Eric Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:53:56 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/01/27/foreigns-are-so-kaifang.html#comment-496 playboy is prolly a ploy to focus the attention of brit hooligan soccer fans (no offense, britons who are reading this). the kaifang notion has a ring of truth to it. lets just say i went to high school in both countries and still am in high school in china. and lets just say there are differnent attitudes toward sex. playboy is prolly a ploy to focus the attention of brit hooligan soccer fans (no offense, britons who are reading this).

the kaifang notion has a ring of truth to it. lets just say
i went to high school in both countries and still am in high school in china. and lets just say there are differnent attitudes toward sex.

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