'The Netflix Effect': Why Western Women are heading to South Korea in search of love

[quote]Unfortunately, some women find after their arrival that the men they encounter are not as perfect as the ones portrayed on their screens.

[quote]Mina, a 20-year-old student from Morocco, said K-pop and Korean TV shows influenced her decision to come to the southern city of Busan in 2021.

[quote]The men she saw on TV were depicted as "respectful, good looking, rich men who are protective of you," she said.

[quote]But during her nights out, she was groped in a bar and propositioned for sex from strangers on the street. She felt some Korean men tended to believe that foreign women are more open to casual sex than local women.

[quote]"We are temporary pleasure," she said, adding, "Men are men, humans are alike everywhere."

[quote]Since then she has lost her enjoyment of Korean TV shows and no longer wants to date Korean men.

[quote]Quandra Moore, a 27-year-old English teacher from Washington, came to Seoul in 2017 and searched for a partner through dating apps and in nightclubs. But she too was disappointed.

[quote]She encountered racist attitudes -- being rejected by one who told her to "go back to Africa" -- and found many men seemed interested only in sex.

[quote]In her experience, Korean men treated foreign women differently. "Why can't we go to dinner first? It's so crass. They know Korean women won't tolerate it," she said.

[quote]It's a point that Lee, the researcher, echoed, saying that some men felt they could treat foreign women badly with impunity because, as foreigners, they were limited to smaller social circles.

Fetishisation, exoticisation, orientalism...

These women must be content with a tiny knob. And that gardener Grace really is a dumb bint.

So in other words, they're searching for male lesbians. They don't have to leave the US to find those...

[quote]But during her nights out, she was groped in a bar and propositioned for sex from strangers on the street. [bold]She felt some Korean men tended to believe that foreign women are more open to casual sex than local women.[/bold]

In other words, Korean men were acting from stereotypes...just like those Western women.

Shocking!

Conclusion : young women are essentially stupid.

Straight men in their home countries look like shit and only care about sex? Welcome to the world, my dears

R6: not as stupid as the legions of men treating them so badly that they want to leave their home country.

As you can see, only foreigners and other dumbasses still have Netflix.

These are the same types of women that wait outside court rooms for their "idol" or post obsessively on DL about their hatred of Meghan Markle.

You know, you're basic morons.

^^^your. Oh dearing myself.

[Quote] As Thornton puts it: "In England, I'm very common looking and sound the same as everyone else. In Korea, I'm different, exciting and foreign. People pay attention to me. I felt special."

[Quote] "We are temporary pleasure," she said, adding, "Men are men, humans are alike everywhere."

Well no shit, Sherlock.

My friend used to live in a share house with a couple of other expats. One young black American girl, who was a K drama addict, was living there and going out nearly everyday, looking for her dream Korean oppa...

Life isn't like it is in the movies! How shocking!

These kids today...

It makes one wonder why US/UK films don't portray a better class of men like these K-dramas do. There is surely a great audience out there.

Despite what their film/tv portrays I've heard South Korea is a very backwards culture when it comes to respecting women. I think these women are more hopeful than stupid. The world can be a cruel place.