Comments by "Cottidae" (@CottidaeSEA) on "What Koreans Think Of PDA (Public Displays Of Affection) | ASIAN BOSS" video.

  1. From what I've seen in videos of boy groups, they show affection in a different manner. They do seem to show affection more than in Western society though, which is quite surprising.
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  2. While I don't think you should be overly affectionate in public, I think hugs or a quick kiss should be perfectly fine. I can understand how these people think, but when it comes to the lighter PDA, it seems like it's mostly jealousy. One thing that I see as problematic however is that they don't see their parents be affectionate toward each other. Of course, it might be uncomfortable at an older age, but to not see it at all simply means you don't get used to such things. It probably contributes to the extremely low birth rates in South Korea. When it comes to me and my family, we are extremely open when it comes to just about anything except negative feelings. It's not that we don't listen, it's that we don't want to talk about them most of the time. So displays of affection and such aren't uncommon, and we've even talked about shaving vs. not shaving pubic hair during dinner... when the girlfriend I had at the time was present. She even joined in on the conversation. She grew up in Sweden, and while her mother is from the Philippines, she seems really open about most things as well. Well, her mother seems open about most things as well, she even told me about her dating younger guys the first time I ever met her, so I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
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  3. Difference in culture for sure. Still, while I'm from Sweden, I would at least be distracted by people French kissing, but just a regular kiss without using tongue would be fine. Sure, I might react to it, but that would be more like "that's cute" and go on with my life. A long hug doesn't exactly bother me either. I don't know about their personal circumstances. Maybe they won't be able to see each other for a long time, or maybe they haven't seen each other for a long time. I shouldn't be judging them for something so harmless as that.
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  4. True, but in Western Europe it's for the most part okay, and in the US and Canada, it's fairly okay at least. I assume it's not as common Eastern Europe or South America, but I don't know much about how PDA is looked upon there. Did you think about some specific countries?
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  5. KimDanyssi Yeah, and not only that, but if they do happen to be a couple, it should be up to them to tell people, not for others to speculate. There are so many photos of Korean celebrities hanging out, creating rumours about them dating, but I don't see why hanging out with a friend would stir things up that much. It's disrespectful and just makes the affected people stressed.
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  6. Krasniqi Donika What about hugs?
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  7. Krasniqi Donika Yeah, but that's kind of reasonable.
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  8. John Smith No, but it differs from country to country possibly. In some of them, they don't even show their bodies to each other unless they are married. Once a kid can wash himself/herself, they have to do it themselves.
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  9. They are pretty!
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  10. KimDanyssi Yeah, I do. I don't understand why people would do that, but I do know about it.
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