orichá wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 12:51 pm ...many expats become unaware of trendy Western social fads after living overseas for a long time. That said, all Western expats and tourists bring with them a whole unique set of presumptuous expectations when traveling anywhere. Like for depilation, especially... (One poster above has already expressed that prejudice quite clearly.)

But to me the really strange thing is how many of the world's nations' women, especially those from highly developed busy Asian nations, have been until recently detached from contemplating, much less enjoying, the diverse freedoms available to both genders in Western nations... For example, only now, in 2022, do a handful of South Korean ladies become aware that it is okay to work out and tan their bodies... (see article below)... Nowadays, since industrialization -- Koreans, Japanese and Chinese teach their women not to do physical things. It is a sad relic of the awful paternalism that has crippled all of Asia, and continues to limit womens' options through today...

As an aside, at least in Cambodia, one occasionally finds a naturally athletic woman, one who grew up on a farm hauling 20 kg sacks of rice and climbing coconut and mango trees when she was just a kid... Yet, socially, Cambodian women are terribly limited in their dreams, expectations, opportunities and ultimate choices, and that limitation is imposed by the same-old condescending paternalism that afflicts all of Asia, Latin America and Africa, too. Only men are allowed into certain types of managerial positions, etc, etc... You see that all the time...

Also, just look at all the old white sugar-daddies with trophy dollies. This phenomena only serves to underscore the laughable social limitation upon collective female aspirations suffered by Asian women, especially in Thailand and Cambodia. Yawn... Sometimes I wish all of us would just disappear...

In fact, I don't really like being part of the whole expat phenomena... Anywhere in the world, expat enclaves always end up looking like derivative forms of colonialism, no matter what. That said, I still balk at the idea of having to go back to North America, which I absolutely loathe to the roots of my hair. All the waste of energy, over-consumption, guns and ugly fat people -- bleck.

But if I could find a place on Earth that had no expats, but plenty of liberated and independent babes, I'd go live there... Of course, no such place exists, does it?

"Muscles Look Cooler"...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... -of-beauty

armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:03 am

Username Taken wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 9:25 am ^^^ I think you took a wrong turn somewhere in cyber space. What's the relevance here?

It interested me. Cosmetic surgery and bush waxes happen here.
The rest of the world thread says - Anything not really Cambodia related should go here.

It's had 113 views in 2 hours.

On Love Island you won’t find a pubic hair, let alone a full bush

Alex wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 5:25 pm

orichá wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 12:51 pm ...many expats become unaware of trendy Western social fads after living overseas for a long time. That said, all Western expats and tourists bring with them a whole unique set of presumptuous expectations when traveling anywhere. Like for depilation, especially... (One poster above has already expressed that prejudice quite clearly.)



"Muscles Look Cooler"...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... -of-beauty

What a pile of self-loathing tosh.

If you really believe what you wrote there, the solution is simple: Remove yourself from the cohort you despise so much - white "colonial" male expats - by being no longer an expat. All it takes is a ticket home.

Freightdog wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 10:09 am conjured up images of Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 5:55 pm

armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:03 am

Username Taken wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 9:25 am ^^^ I think you took a wrong turn somewhere in cyber space. What's the relevance here?

It interested me. Cosmetic surgery and bush waxes happen here.
The rest of the world thread says - Anything not really Cambodia related should go here.

It's had 113 views in 2 hours.

On Love Island you won’t find a pubic hair, let alone a full bush

If you used this quote in the title you would have had a lot more than 113 views...

Ghostwriter wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:19 pm

Freightdog wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 10:09 am conjured up images of Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan.

Well, all bearded guys included.
But there is a fashion effect that quite surprised me back home in Europe, so many guys looking all alike with tattooed forearms, hair tuft, and the systematic freaking beaver all around their pie hole.

If you add the traditional bearded guys on top of that (for religious weird reasons), it does make a lot of hairy faces, everywhere.
Much less of an eyesore in asia, way less beards, which i miss.