Boys shouldn't embrace girlish traits in pop culture
China DailyVery few, if any, can deny that we used to be crazy about "heroes". As the new social stars, many new college entrants pinned their school emblems on their chest in public places, which prompted many youngsters to seek success tips from them. After that the "Japanese wave" swept across China, which later was followed by the "Korean wave", making sushi and kimchi popular in China along with the Japanese and Korean languages, dresses and plastic surgery. I used to have an open attitude toward such "waves", thinking why shouldn't Chinese youths take a liking to sushi and kimchi if they don't hurt others? After doing some research, I realized the effeminate culture was probably imported from neighboring countries, that the boys were mostly contracted actors associated with certain performing arts companies that probably picked up the boys when they were very young and trained them to act womanly and appear attractive to female college and middle school students.