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A hyper-sexualized Chinese women wearing a super-tight, orientalist version of qipao. Originally, a qipao was supposed to be a loose-fitting gown, almost similar to the Indian nightgown/nightie, but with it’s own distinctive design and style.
Originally, a qipao was supposed to be a loose-fitting gown
Source for this? From living in Asia (not in China, but in a predominantly Chinese community), I’ve only seen qipao be form fitting, never loose. Even seeing older pictures of women in qipao, they’re always form fitting. And more often than not, women seem to use them to intentionally highlight their figure.
Chinese communities tend to have a strong conservative bend, but that doesn’t mean they’re puritanical when it comes to sexuality, especially the sexually suggestive.
Chinese communities tend to have a strong conservative bend, but that doesn’t mean they’re puritanical when it comes to sexuality, especially the sexually suggestive.
Which may or may not be true, depending on the specific region, however, qipao has roots in the feminist movement localized to China. With that being said, there’s a difference between liberating evolution vs hyper-sexualized appropriation.
Ruohan Song, a traditional Chinese fashion influencer and qipao collector, tells ELLE.com that Chinese women in the U.S. still face stereotypes and sexualization because of the way those who wear qipaos have been portrayed in the media. Asian female characters who wear them are either seen as intimidating (like the “Dragon Lady,” inspired by the female villain from the comic Terry and the Pirates), as delicate and submissive, or as hypersexualized, reinforcing narrow and outdated stereotypes. “When we [consider] the qipao in the U.S., people often think of a dress with a high slit that reveals thighs and buttocks with a cut-out in the front, which is drastically different from the traditional dress,” Song says. “When you search on Amazon, the descriptions and pictures are horrifying. I feel disheartened that only a handful of people knew the history behind this dress.”
Moreover, they (Shein) are responsible for merchandising cultural clothing and promoting the idea that traditional garments can be sexualized. The company’s actions—or lack thereof—perpetuates a system where Chinese cultural attire can be worn as a “trend” in the West.
These dresses, marketed as qipaos and sold under categories like “Lingerie & Loungewear’’ and “Sexy Costumes,” are beyond offensive to Chinese culture and history. One of the dresses is advertised as a “Velvet Lace-up” with a thong. There is a large cutout in the chest area and the sides are tied together with string in a criss-cross pattern. Another dress exhibits the same problems, plus the fact that the entire backing is cut out and the garment is way above conventional length. Not to mention, one is entirely mesh and see-through. The commonality between all of these dresses is the attempt at sexualizing the clothing and bringing an appeal to Western culture. The description from Amazon seller, YOMORIO, left me utterly disgusted: “sexy hollow outdesign, totally show a sexy and charm you… suitable for sexy nightwear, Halloween cosplay costume, club wear.” I’m at a loss for words…
The roots of the qipao and how it emerged in Chinese culture are absolutely beautiful. It saddens me to see how these alterations are being made to commercialize our culture by marketing it as a seductive wardrobe—phrases including “sexy,” “thong,” and “lingerie” should never be associated with the qipao. It’s essential to recognize how these companies don’t take any accountability for the widespread sale of this apparel being incorrectly advertised. This only perpetuates the idea of fetishization of Chinese women, and puts them at a greater risk for attacks or violence. This issue is not a new one, as the sexualization of traditional clothing has been documented since its appearance in the film The World of Suzie Wong, dating all the way back to 1960.
I’ve only seen qipao be form fitting, never loose.
There are two variations of fitting—Shanghai-style (Haipai) and Beijing-style (Jingpai). While they both are A-line, they can be differentiated based on how tightly they embrace the woman’s shape. The Jingpai is considered more conservative, and hence, has a straighter appearance.
Every single mfker that approved and signed off on supporting Israel’s genocide against Palestine should all be held accountable and sent to prison as war criminals. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
I don’t believe for one single second that this will stay ad free. YouTube will eventually do like all the assholes do and have a tiered system where the first tier is simply less ads not none.
Even when you aren’t seeing ads their algorithm is still controlling your front page, allowing them to push partner content that isn’t directly advertising but still acts like it. The differences between a commercial for Doritos and an episode of Good Mythical Morning titled “Trying Every Doritos Flavor” from the perspective of the PepsiCo marketing department are that people might willingly click on the GMM video and they probably didn’t even have to pay anyone for the video to happen.
Sure Rhett & Link may not have a partnership with Pepsi and are just innocently making content to give their audience (I genuinely believe this), so they’ve got no part in this becoming advertising, but you would have to be incredibly naïve to believe that Google’s algorithm isn’t smart enough to recognize that video and others like it as marketable content the promotion of which can be sold to PepsiCo.
Premium subscribers may not be seeing ads, but they are absolutely still seeing advertising.
That’s a good point, but to be honest even if those thumbnails were just straight up ads I’d be ok with that. I can simply not click on it. Having any kind of actual ad on a premium service is absolute bullshit though, that’s straight up greed…
Hell as a free user I wouldn’t mind in the slightest having their segments: videos, segment for shorts, more videos, be broken up to have videos, ad banner, shorts, videos, and banner etc… don’t lock me into having to watch an ad but I do understand they need ad revenue and I don’t mind seeing the still image ads “of the past” (well past for me since I’ve used an ad blocker for-absolutly-ever now.)
“I mean, I’d rather if she was going to f–k some n–ger, I’d rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n–ger worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player!” Hogan reportedly says in the tape while in the midst of an extended rant about his daughter. “I guess we’re all a little racist. F–king n–ger.” -Hulk Hogan
I know this is a digression from the topic but, what’s with the word ‘cuck’? I’ve never understood why people are called ‘cucks’ as an insult. My understanding is that it’s short for cuckold and that’s always seemed weird to me because if a guy gets cheated on by his partner I don’t automatically think less of them for having that happen to them. There’s another, I assume more modern, sense of the word where ‘cuck’ is referring instead to a fetish where a guy likes seeing their partner have sex with others. But like, if that’s the sense of the word being used when someone is derisively called a ‘cuck’ as an insult then it makes even less sense than the more traditional meaning of the word because if they’re in to that, then surely they’re unlikely to feel particularly ashamed or upset about people calling them that because it’s just… accurate.
Terry admitted in court he likes to watch other people fuck his wife, he likes literally being cuckolded yes he is ashamed. The testimony videos are pretty funny.
I think it makes sense in two ways: Some people in right-wing world think that women are property, without individual agency. If another man has been able to have sex with her, you have failed as a Real Man™ to protect what’s rightfully yours, in the same way as you have failed if a fox gets into the henhouse.
Or, a Real Man™ is so good at sex that his wife doesn’t want anybody else. Either way, being a “cuck” means you’re not a Real Man™.
Literally nobodys saying that. The only thing we say is that trump would do the same(or probably worse) and that you shouldnt throw away your vote on some third party that 5 people vote for. If the had a sane system you could rank your vote but sadly, currently the us voting system is fucked. Also youre probably a chinese propaganda machine or a tankie which also means youre provably a chinese propaganda machine… Other thing id like to point out: all the tankies call biden genocide joe but somehow trump is always left out of the conversation, interesting isnt it. Also im pro palestine(tho not anti israel more anti netanyahu and anti settler) but i live in europe so i can actually choose from multiple parties…
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