Entry 1: Stereotypes

The culture in South Korea is generally known for its manners. Such as: bow when they go to greet other people and use honorifics (for example,“hyung” that means older brother). 

Koreans are known for being really responsables and hard working, but this is because of the way they have been taught since they were kids. 

In Korea people have 2 ages, when they meet someone that is a foreigner they give them 2 ages, one is the “international” age and the other one is the “korean” age that can be 1 or 2 yaers older. This happens because In South Korea, babies are considered to be one year old on the day they are born, for example, a person born in January 1990 is 30 years old in that country, not 29. For those born at the end of the year, the gap may be even greater. A baby born on December 31 turns 2 on January 1, this is something that has its roots in china.

In Korea also people eat with chopsticks and the food is commonly vegetables and rice and they lack meat, also the fruits are very expensive because they are imported and people that buy them are considered rich.

There are lots of stereotypes about Koreans. One of them is that they tend to be very good-looking, tall and have pale skin. Thanks to K-dramas actors and Kpop idols, Korea is seen to be always in fashion.

 Korea bet on skin care and light makeup, in which no eye-catching shadows or lip tones are used, on the contrary, something more natural is preferred; it is contrasted with the amount of cosmetic surgeries it offers.

Our second stereotype is the beauty standard, Koreans prefer to have a double eyelid, outline the nose, reduce the jaw as they consider that this gives a more delicate appearance to the face.  South Koreans associate beauty with success and happiness, this means that if you have a more attractive face, they will have better jobs and social expectations. There are even parents who give cosmetic surgeries to their daughters or sons when they finish school.

In South Korea, it is also normal to see people, more than all women, restricting the amount of food they eat by doing extreme diets, eating only 1 meal a day.

The ideal weight is 50 kilograms or less regardless of the height of the person, although there are not many "fat" people, those who have more than 56 kilograms are considered fat and that is why it is very common for women to undergo liposuction and liposculpture To fit the standard, in fact women considered heavy also have fewer job opportunities.