Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Taiwanese Tidbit #3

The Taiwanese aren't big on muscles. Girls aren't supposed to have muscles, especially leg muscles, and more specifically, calf muscles. When Taiwanese girls want to lose weight, they go on a diet and try to eat the fewest calories possible. They will exercise a little to lose weight, but they try not to do exercise that will give them muscles, because in their culture, that definition is not necessarily admired. To an American eye that is so used to seeing muscles, and has been taught to perceive muscle as beautiful, it’s strange to see these girls' legs with such little definition. (Click here to see what I mean.)

For guys, it's a good thing to have some muscle. However, it's not important to have really big muscles, just to have a little definition. In general, Taiwanese women are not attracted to big, bulky men.

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