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Post by Ganbare! on Nov 26, 2009 18:49:56 GMT -5
Is it me or there is a genre imbalance in the EA population, I seem to mostly see females or is it because I WANT to?
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Post by milkman's baby on Nov 26, 2009 18:58:49 GMT -5
Haha I used to think that too but I don't think it's true. I think it's because women are the first noticed of any race, and when you have rare mixes or races which are often fetishized people first look at the women to determine the beauty of that race. I have a couple mulatta female friends who complain that all black-white people are girls, but I think it's just because people notice the girls more. I also noted before that it's easier to tell a woman's race than a man's race. So perhaps it's just that you can tell when a female is Eurasian easier than a male and that's why you're thinking there's more girls.
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Post by hypeforlife91 on Nov 26, 2009 19:00:08 GMT -5
wow I thought I was the only one in the world to think that too! Obviously not! But isn't it true that there are more female Eurasian celebs than men though? xD
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Post by Ganbare! on Nov 26, 2009 22:24:41 GMT -5
It's already an established fact that there are more females than males in Western countries as a result of the 20th century conflicts. Your explanation sounds a bit far-fetched, one can argue that males spend more time outside home because of social and economical activities thus are more bound to be seen in public spaces, so why would people notice females more?
Although men tend to browse the Internet more than females the board population seems to be close to parity, if this board is any indication about real life my theory must be true.
I think it's worth mentioning that outside of my family, I have had a discussion with only ONE Eurasian male in my ENTIRE life while I know at least a dozen females WTF?
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Post by milkman's baby on Nov 26, 2009 23:46:03 GMT -5
Well I can answer that for ya: in France all the men look like women. Je plaisante! I wasn't saying that females are more out and about than males but rather in a large crowd of almost equal proportions of males and females, females stand out more than males. Many explanations behind this - women wearing brighter clothing being one of them - but people tend to pay more attention to a female's looks after meeting them as well. Perhaps there are indeed far more EA females in France for whatever reason, but I cannot join you in that observation for myself here in the States (and yes I've lived outside the Midwest). I have to say I've come across just as many Eurasian males as females. And perhaps even more than I think, as I may very well have mistaken some EAs for Hispanic or something and never got to find out if they were. It's an interesting observation of yours, but I still stand behind my theory that it's all in which gender stands out more.
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Post by jefe on Nov 27, 2009 3:11:33 GMT -5
I think that either - EA Males suffer high rates of infanticide or - EA males try to conceal their EA identity more, at least socially. It does not behoove an EA male to be overly EA in the work place and business, unless he is a model or VJ.
*Finally, I find it cute to call the gender imbalance a "genre" imbalance. It's cool to be part of the male "genre".
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Post by Ganbare! on Nov 27, 2009 5:18:45 GMT -5
@ Jefe : I knew something was wrong, I don't pay much attention when it comes to writing on the Internet even though I should, thanks ;D.
Well, infanticide crossed my mind but I doesn't happen very often in developed nations so I'm not sure, there must some genetic or social explanation, maybe a larger propensity for males to leave for Asia or something.
I noticed that older ethnic folks tend to be very unrepresented in the whole population because a lot of them leave for their home countries after retirement so you see very few minorities past a certain age.
Well I have spent years living in Canadian metropolises and hardly ever spotted any, it's liked soulsonick said, theoretically there should be plenty EAs because of the large Asian population but in reality we only get to see few of them, maybe ethnic neighborhoods solves the paradox ?
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Post by milkman's baby on Nov 27, 2009 17:46:53 GMT -5
In Asia, Eurasian males are pimped out in the media probably as much as female EAs. So it would be interesting to hear from a EAN user here who lives in Asia - see whether they think there's a shortage of EA males.
I don't get the infanticide assumption, because that usually occurs with girls.
I do agree slightly with Jefe's suggestion that it could be concealed identity. Going back to what I said about EA men not being able to be identified easily by race - an EA male could probably take off and run with this easier than a female. Growing facial hair can drastically change a man's appearance and identity, even more so than a woman dying her hair or putting on dramatic eye cosmetics. Facial hair covers up the bone structure in the face, making racial identity more ambiguous.
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Post by Ganbare! on Nov 27, 2009 22:16:57 GMT -5
EA males seems to have somewhat more ambiguous features (I had you, Jefe in mind!), so maybe that partly explains this matter. I personally know several all-girls EA families although it does not say much from a statistical standpoint.
Maybe someone from a different region shall enlighten us ? Sadly, the forum is not very active right now..
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Post by Emily on Nov 28, 2009 2:24:31 GMT -5
I'm with sweetfart. I happened on a family pic of one EA guy on Facebook. Frankly, I'd have thought his brothers were Asian if I had just crossed them randomly. His sister was definitely EA-looking.
Seems like very often, when I encounter EA girls, they're no question they're EA. Whereas it doesn't occur as strongly with guys.
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Post by Shock on Jan 3, 2010 7:16:40 GMT -5
Is it me or there is a genre imbalance in the EA population, I seem to mostly see females or is it because I WANT to? There is no gender imbalance. It's just this forum who is dominated by females, because its graphic and arguments are very feminine.
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Post by naix on Jan 3, 2010 8:11:43 GMT -5
Seems like very often, when I encounter EA girls, they're no question they're EA. Whereas it doesn't occur as strongly with guys. I'd say that they are exactly the same. In my experiences in Asia at any rate.
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Post by fei on Jan 3, 2010 9:15:05 GMT -5
I think that either - EA Males suffer high rates of infanticide or - EA males try to conceal their EA identity more, at least socially. It does not behoove an EA male to be overly EA in the work place and business, unless he is a model or VJ. *Finally, I find it cute to call the gender imbalance a "genre" imbalance. It's cool to be part of the male "genre". I agree with Jefe, EA guys prefer to hide the EA identity for more reason than this. The full blood Asian dont want to work with some half bread or doing business with and people think that EA is only good at the entertainment industry. They never think us of doing much for the community..
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Post by milkman's baby on Jan 3, 2010 12:46:46 GMT -5
Hilarious theories, folks.
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Post by admin on Jan 3, 2010 13:05:50 GMT -5
My theory is that women have more of an opportunity to choose their look balance (eur/asian) through the use of makeup and hair coloring. Sure men could use those also, and some do, but the majority (esp. in the US) leave that to women.
edit: also, because they stick the men in cubicles and put the women out front - maybe that's why the OP sees more women than men?
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