`、ヽ`ヽ`ヽ`、 hiiiiii guyyys, it been a while since i posted, i've had a lot going on lately: yess! you read the title correctly, today we'll be talking about; double standards in kpop (warning: this is gonna be a long rant) ⩩ weight gain - loss everyone knows kpop companies give their trainees and artists really strict diets; they hardly get to eat any real food; they do this for the idols to maintain their weight; but the thing is if the idols eat well, they won't be able to maintain the 'standard weight or physique and will definitely get bashed by hypocrites ⩩ craving for visuals - plastic surgery basically, to be an idol is only about singing and dancing; one has to be beautiful/ handsome and they aren't would be called a 'visual hole', 'ugly' and so many more terrible names, and when they get plastic surgery; they would be called a plastic monster, unauthentic, FAKE ⩩ hair - health, colour e.t.c another feature that makes idols unique is their hair; they have to change their hair colour frequently and also keep it very healthy, idols who stick with the same style and hair colour will be called bland and boring, and fans will be swarming them with comments saying; change your hairstyle, some typical examples are rose shuhua, cha eun-woo and jisoo, and they were all criticized heartlessly, but when fans change their hairstyle and hair colour frequently, they end up having unhealthy hair and will be criticized by fans, for not knowing how to take care of their own hair. ⩩ antifans - idols we all know every group has haters and anti-fans when antifans attack kpop groups, their fandoms will immediately stand up for the artists insulting these haters calling them names, and telling them to back off; but at the same time when idols decide to stand up for themselves, they would be hated and called entitled and arrogant, these have happened to many idols especially shuhua who is often called rude, mannerless and arrogant because of her savage attitude to those she doesn't like- shuhua got a lot of extreme hate last year, with many haters and many people calling her ugly and the black hole of (G) -Idle but her fans defended her and had her back against these haters; but when she did the same thing, and asked the haters to stop watching their mv's if they find her ugly; shuhua immediately got labelled rude and arrogant, and proud by the same so-called FANS. examples.. • shindong, gained weight; he was raised for breaking the beauty standards in kpop; twice's Jeongyoen and IVE's Liz gained weight, they were body shamed and backlashed, and they were also called fat. • seventeen's DK ate with two hands, he was called cute and charming, ive's wonyoung ate with two hands she was called a 'pick-me' and 'cringe' and was trying to act cute. • when female idols are hurt and dance without energy- they are called lazy, when male idols do it netizens say they are tired. • back in 2018, both RM and Irene read a feminist book, RM was praised for being educated on female rights and supporting women, but Irene's and RV's fans destroyed her photocards and merch and was given extreme hate and backlash. • when kai performed shirtless, he was called $₤X¥, solar performed shirtless, she was slutshamed- • double standards in kpop have become so ridiculous and disgusting, fans are so toxic nowadays and I hope we change for the better.
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