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Amen! And fans still love him: http://www.koreaboo.com/featured/kim-hyun-joongs-unbelievable-messages-towards-ex-girlfriend-miss-choi/

And yes, I must add sth about HYD - it's good that you mentioned it, fans tend to forget that the main male character (in all adaptations) ordered and paid some thugs to rape the main girl at the beginning. No matter how kind he gets in the end.... is it really forgivable?

Firstly, I'm glad you have something that inspires you and makes you happy, most MDL users are like that too, otherwise they wouldn't waste their time here. It is the same with me.
Secondly, I have a feeling that you are very young, which means as you grow up in every sense you will notice some things in a different way. My intent with this article was not to bash Asian dramas, I have even left a note saying that this is not restricted to Asian culture only. However, what is predominant in Asian dramas is that they romanticize the things that should not be normal ever. It is one aspect of their entertainment that can be very dangerous, but it does not mean that their dramas should be banned completely.
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Thank you for your comment! I must say that I also noticed that bodice-rippers from the 80s and 90s have many rape scenes which I hate... and I am a huge historical romance fan and reader.

About the else, no, I am not going to phrase differently anything unless I think I should do it, and I have already said why I wrote it that way and those who do not agree will have to get over it because this is after all my article and it mostly expresses my opinions and the way I experience things and people around me. There is a reason why the article has a warning stated at the top.;)

@sindhu55 Your post makes no sense whatsoever...

Why do you think that cutting someone's hair does not leave lasting emotional wounds? Just because you did not have a bad experience? And it is not the same when a classmate plays a prank on you and someone punishes you deliberately (however, both can be traumatic). The severity of a sexual assault surely cannot be the same as the hair act, but it can be matched to some aspects of it - you get a part of your body degraded and you also get hurt emotionally. And that is the point of the comparison.

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It is coming across like that only to someone who takes it personally, obviously. If someone were to cut off my hair forcefully, I'd definitely feel raped and I know many women who feel the same, dunno about you.

KMR, you are still missing the point. It is not important whether your hair will grow back or not (and it will take a lot of time to do so anyway), the point is that the forced cutting should not have happened in the first place and you're doing the thing that you are accusing me of - belittling the act itself by saying "the hair grows back, so what?"

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Someone who may have experienced hardcore abuse might come in and say "Oh wrist grabs? How dare you, you have not experienced the real abuse like me!" I mean, it was not my intent to belittle the act, just to show in a symbolic way that it is damaging in a both physical and emotional way because it is robbing you off not only your will but also another part of your body. Even if someone doesn't care about having hair, he/she would still feel raped after having it chopped off or shaved by someone. It might not have an impact like the sexual intercourse, but it would still be traumatic.

Of course not, but if you put it that way, then that means that the act of cutting someone's hair is not such a big deal (no matter whether it is short or long; when it comes to chemo patients, they are disturbed by the loss of hair too), but it is.

I must disagree. The definition of rape varies and there are many forms of it. And I still haven't got the answer to my question - how would she feel after having her hair cut forcefully and against her will. It is a both emotional and physical invasion of someone's body. And if you go so far to say that it belittles the original definition, then that can be said for wrist grabs too, which are a less violent form of abuse, but still damaging.

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Let me repeat my post: What would you do if someone forcefully cut and chopped off your long hair that you've been growing for years, hm?
Hair, especially long, stands for femininity and strength. Cutting someone's hair, even one lock, is equal to humiliating that person and robbing them off their strength. Take a look at the poem "The Rape of the Lock".

What would you do if someone forcefully cut and chopped off your long hair that you've been growing for years, hm?
Hair, especially long, stands for femininity and strength. Cutting someone's hair, even one lock, is equal to humiliating that person and robbing them off their strength. Take a look at the poem "The Rape of the Lock".

If you take a look at this comment section, you will see that most people have noticed it, it is not just me.
I would be exaggerating if the 'no lip movement and a scared face' happened only once, but you see female characters acting like that in almost every drama. Even when they are in a relationship.

Well, you basically take a part of someone's body without their consent, it is not the 'real' rape but it comes close to it. Girls tend to grow their hair for years, it would be so traumatic and humiliating to have it cut by someone forcefully. I think that even the mother said something like "You overdid it this time", but she did nothing to stop it.

Lucky you for being able to block such disturbing content, I know some people who can do that. However, I don't think that just because it is a different culture that makes abuse justified and okay. Human beings are human beings, no matter which culture they belong to.

I must disagree. Females tend to slap males more often than vice versa, and if there is a drama in which main characters are slapping each other, then I guess that can be called some sort of domestic violence?