Best Wedding - Ch. 79
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He is salty because she didn't sleep with him. The diamond was a fake all along! Very many thanks for the chapters.
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No I don't think it's fake, cause I think he's actually starting to love her!
also... idk seems kinda shallow that she likes him just cause he buys stuff for her, but are (some) girls really all that different in real life? In my experience, I've always wanted to pay half for dinner dates that I've gone on or really anything else. But whenever I told my friends about this, they're always like "lol why didn't you make him pay? it's free!" or something like that. It's interesting to see what this manhua says about genders and gender roles, and it doesn't have a very progressive outlook.
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also... idk seems kinda shallow that she likes him just cause he buys stuff for her, but are (some) girls really all that different in real life? In my experience, I've always wanted to pay half for dinner dates that I've gone on or really anything else. But whenever I told my friends about this, they're always like "lol why didn't you make him pay? it's free!" or something like that. It's interesting to see what this manhua says about genders and gender roles, and it doesn't have a very progressive outlook.
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Is it though? I'm American, so what I said about my friends telling me to make men pay for everything happened in America. I think that really parallels what's being portrayed in this Chinese manhua.
Very interesting point to bring up, though. I definitely think that China is more restrictive with their "roles" in society... One major influence of that being Confucius, who emphasized that everyone has a "job" and that everyone should fulfil that purpose without question. Obviously, America has been bounds ahead of China in terms of progressive thinking towards women, but it still seems like this "old-fashioned" way of thinking is still prevalent in both cultures. I mean, take wedding rings, for example. They're needlessly expensive and the expectation still is that a man has to buy a ring for his wife if he wants to marry her.
Personally, my parents were conservative so I actually got to see America's less progressive ways of thinking about women. If you haven't grown up with people who think that way, you'd be surprised how many people in America, right now, still believe that a woman's "place" is in the house, and that a man's "place" is in the workforce, providing for his wife.
Are men expected to pay for dates in China? Are they still expected to in America? I would like to think that the expectation has started to fade out in the US, but I don't have any circumstancial evidence to back it up.
Is it though? I'm American, so what I said about my friends telling me to make men pay for everything happened in America. I think that really parallels what's being portrayed in this Chinese manhua.
Very interesting point to bring up, though. I definitely think that China is more restrictive with their "roles" in society... One major influence of that being Confucius, who emphasized that everyone has a "job" and that everyone should fulfil that purpose without question. Obviously, America has been bounds ahead of China in terms of progressive thinking towards women, but it still seems like this "old-fashioned" way of thinking is still prevalent in both cultures. I mean, take wedding rings, for example. They're needlessly expensive and the expectation still is that a man has to buy a ring for his wife if he wants to marry her.
Personally, my parents were conservative so I actually got to see America's less progressive ways of thinking about women. If you haven't grown up with people who think that way, you'd be surprised how many people in America, right now, still believe that a woman's "place" is in the house, and that a man's "place" is in the workforce, providing for his wife.
Are men expected to pay for dates in China? Are they still expected to in America? I would like to think that the expectation has started to fade out in the US, but I don't have any circumstancial evidence to back it up.
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I wouldn't be surprised if that dating and married expectation lasts past our lifetimes even in the US. Gender equality is a real thing that we should strive to maximize, but certain behaviors are influenced by testosterone, estrogen, and other gender-specific hormones. I am not discrediting our LGBT people, but if we are looking at societal norms the heterosexual's will be the biggest influence due to their sheer population.
If we look at children, why do they often divide themselves into groups based on gender? It might have to do with the fact that many humans naturally flock to people that look like them, but in places with big race diversity kids are used to their friends not looking like them.
Although we don't believe ourselves to be animals, they have their own "societal norms" for their genders as well, and it's cute how some species do have a chance for homosexuality! It'll be interesting to explore how much the women's and man's "place" is decided by nature or nurture, and I currently believe that at least a lesser part is created by nature and will last for our lifetime as a species.
If we look at children, why do they often divide themselves into groups based on gender? It might have to do with the fact that many humans naturally flock to people that look like them, but in places with big race diversity kids are used to their friends not looking like them.
Although we don't believe ourselves to be animals, they have their own "societal norms" for their genders as well, and it's cute how some species do have a chance for homosexuality! It'll be interesting to explore how much the women's and man's "place" is decided by nature or nurture, and I currently believe that at least a lesser part is created by nature and will last for our lifetime as a species.
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