Smokes?
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arusso41-1 — 18 years ago(April 11, 2007 01:25 AM)
I agree.. socially unacceptable in Korea for women to smoke.. I have personally seen women spit and yelled at by older men who have seen them smoking.. Korean culture also closely relates women smoking with prostitution. Who can even start to begin to understand where this all comes from. ?!!?
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yella_fella — 16 years ago(June 21, 2009 02:26 AM)
Getting women to equate smoking with equlity and liberation was one of the most famous cases of propoganda (today called "Public Relations") in history.
This was one of the first instances where contrary to what was thought posssible at the time, that culture itself can be changed through "advertising".
see Century of the Self:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3LSyck0YTE
"Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might." -R. Tagore -
cterceira — 17 years ago(May 10, 2008 04:41 PM)
Actually, It is NOT a myth. Living in Korea, married to a Korean woman, with a Korean daughter in college I have seen and heard all about this. Smoking is not considered taboo, however, smoking in the presence of elders is. This same rule applies to young men but is more closely followed by women. The reason I was given when I asked my step-daughter why she cares what others think was "it is not worth the hassle".
Other things that are considered to be on the seedier side of life such as drinking and tattoos are also hidden from elders. I have noticed that young men when drinking are more conscious of the social stigmas placed on them, and more closely adhere to them, than women are.
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schizophonicguy — 18 years ago(May 18, 2007 01:51 AM)
Just like i said on Emille De'Ravin's I.M.D.B site about criticizing ppl for smoking - who cares? the good half or so of the world smoke! get over it, its not socially unacceptbale to smoke, my god look around the world there are ppl doing alot worse things than smoking. Do you really think it's worth starting a discussion board on if a star smokes? Think of something original!
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DaliParton — 18 years ago(May 20, 2007 05:55 AM)
Sounds like schizo guy is a smoker. There are two things to talk about on boards like this - the actor's professional work and inane bits of trivia regarding the actor. Nothing original will ever be written here.
I just watched Mr. Iron Palm and she sure smokes like a pro in that movie. But it was also totally in character, so it looks like she has at least smoked a few cigarettes in her life. -
victor222 — 18 years ago(July 11, 2007 08:20 PM)
Definatly has that smokers look to her imo. I was checking out some pics of her on wireimage.com earlier today and couldnt help but notice how old she looked. She just packs on the make-up to hide her true age.