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CheshireCatNY
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Oh wow....thats just wrong......LOL...
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For those still painfully oblivious: ITS A DUDE!!!!! Thank you...😀
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Actually, this reminds me of a time I was walking in the mall. In front of me was this woman (apparently), she was young and had a perfect body. She was walking a little too slow for my tastes so I sped up to pass her by (you know how it is, malls are like driving on the street alot of the time with all the bobbing and weaving through people).
Anyways, as I was right next to her I turned and looked at her face and she was really a DUDE. And I don't mean cute like this dude in this picture who could easily pass for a woman or is that androgenous. I mean she/he had all of the facial qualities of a man, and even had stubble growing, and that was really surprizing. He had long, straight blonde hair and everything other than his face was feminine and womanly. And that was so ironic more than anything. You'd think a man whose become a woman or wants to be one would change everything they could, otherise whats the point? Unless of course he was in transition toward becoming a woman.
I've seen crossdressers before and well as dykes and such, but this really took the cake.
All I can say is I'm glad I was walking fast. LOL! 😛 😀
Anyways, as I was right next to her I turned and looked at her face and she was really a DUDE. And I don't mean cute like this dude in this picture who could easily pass for a woman or is that androgenous. I mean she/he had all of the facial qualities of a man, and even had stubble growing, and that was really surprizing. He had long, straight blonde hair and everything other than his face was feminine and womanly. And that was so ironic more than anything. You'd think a man whose become a woman or wants to be one would change everything they could, otherise whats the point? Unless of course he was in transition toward becoming a woman.
I've seen crossdressers before and well as dykes and such, but this really took the cake.
All I can say is I'm glad I was walking fast. LOL! 😛 😀
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Celtic_Emperor
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No, not exactly. A bishounen can simply be discribed as a handsome, cute or girly man or a man who is in touch with his feminine side. The level or point to which it becomes a "gender bender" sort of deal isn't implied in the definition of bishounen, as it would be in pictures like this, where theres a clear effort on the part of the person to look like a member of the opposite sex by crossdressing as well and having surgery, which is a whole other matter.
Some of my female friends call me bishie for fun, and I know why. Bishounen is more a state of being than an actual gender associated discriptive term. I don't want to call it quite like a trend or fashion, because thats not what it is, at least not here in America (yet), unless you count cross dressing as the equilvent. Those who do make it a trend fill up a ratio of crossdressers and bixsexuals and for that reason are not in the same loop as those who are simply handsome, cute with some girlish qualities whether in personality or in physical or acted out nuance.
There are those that go out of their way to be bishounen (because they feel its some kind of trend or fashion, like cross dressing) and those that just are bishounen (like me). I think my female friends, not to be mistaken for girlfriends since I'm not a lelch (lol) call me a bishie for that reason, I have that feminine side or qualities which makes being in their company and also being a man a non-issue. As it is, I have more female friends than male but I get along with the guys just as well.
And no one questions my sexual orrientation because everyone knows I'm a man and that I'm heterosexual, and lastly, because I don't dress up put on a show. LOL!
Its really easy to blend bishounens with crossdressers, homosexuals bisexuals, and the like, but it is not the same (even though they are almost always categorized in the same area), and this picture is clear evidence of that.
I know this explaination may not have been necessary for some and may have offended others, but I highly doubt everyone knows what "bishounen" is. And for the sake of simply explaining the difference I have. Please don't take it to heart folks. Its just food for thought.
Some of my female friends call me bishie for fun, and I know why. Bishounen is more a state of being than an actual gender associated discriptive term. I don't want to call it quite like a trend or fashion, because thats not what it is, at least not here in America (yet), unless you count cross dressing as the equilvent. Those who do make it a trend fill up a ratio of crossdressers and bixsexuals and for that reason are not in the same loop as those who are simply handsome, cute with some girlish qualities whether in personality or in physical or acted out nuance.
There are those that go out of their way to be bishounen (because they feel its some kind of trend or fashion, like cross dressing) and those that just are bishounen (like me). I think my female friends, not to be mistaken for girlfriends since I'm not a lelch (lol) call me a bishie for that reason, I have that feminine side or qualities which makes being in their company and also being a man a non-issue. As it is, I have more female friends than male but I get along with the guys just as well.
And no one questions my sexual orrientation because everyone knows I'm a man and that I'm heterosexual, and lastly, because I don't dress up put on a show. LOL!
Its really easy to blend bishounens with crossdressers, homosexuals bisexuals, and the like, but it is not the same (even though they are almost always categorized in the same area), and this picture is clear evidence of that.
I know this explaination may not have been necessary for some and may have offended others, but I highly doubt everyone knows what "bishounen" is. And for the sake of simply explaining the difference I have. Please don't take it to heart folks. Its just food for thought.
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"Bishōnen (美少年, also transliterated bishounen; literally, "beautiful boy") is a specific Japanese aesthetic concept of the ideally beautiful young man. The prefix bi specifically refers to feminine beauty. On the other hand, bijin, literally "beautiful person", refers to a beautiful woman. The bishōnen is typically quite slender and not very muscular, with a tapered chin, stylish hair, and an overall effeminate or androgynous appearance. The aesthetic of the bishōnen began as an ideal of a young homosexual lover, likely arising from the effeminate male actors who played female characters in Kabuki theater. It is perpetuated today in anime and manga, especially shōjo (girl) anime, shōnen-ai, and yaoi. Most homosexual characters in anime are also often categorized as bishōnen.
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Conventional usage
Some western anime and manga fans use the term to refer to any handsome male character regardless of age. This is regarded as incorrect by some. In the place of bishōnen, some fans prefer to use the more all-encompassing bishie (which may be equivalent to bijin, although that term is not as popular). It is occasionally used to describe some androgynous female characters (such as Lady Oscar in The Rose of Versailles, Karou no Kimi and Hana no Saint Juste in Oniisama e), or any women with traits stereotypical to bishōnen. The portmanteau bifauxnen is sometimes used to refer to "female bishōnen".
The term binanshi was popular in the 1980s. Occasionally biseinen (literally beautiful young man) is seen as a synonym, but biseinen usually refers to a handsome man older than a bishōnen, since the age range of a bishōnen tends to be from 14-19, while a biseinen is often 20+. A handsome male below 14 is sometimes referred to as a bi-shota, although that is usually equated with a slight underage fetish."
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I guess I'm a biseinen then, since I'm not 19 anymore. 😛
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Conventional usage
Some western anime and manga fans use the term to refer to any handsome male character regardless of age. This is regarded as incorrect by some. In the place of bishōnen, some fans prefer to use the more all-encompassing bishie (which may be equivalent to bijin, although that term is not as popular). It is occasionally used to describe some androgynous female characters (such as Lady Oscar in The Rose of Versailles, Karou no Kimi and Hana no Saint Juste in Oniisama e), or any women with traits stereotypical to bishōnen. The portmanteau bifauxnen is sometimes used to refer to "female bishōnen".
The term binanshi was popular in the 1980s. Occasionally biseinen (literally beautiful young man) is seen as a synonym, but biseinen usually refers to a handsome man older than a bishōnen, since the age range of a bishōnen tends to be from 14-19, while a biseinen is often 20+. A handsome male below 14 is sometimes referred to as a bi-shota, although that is usually equated with a slight underage fetish."
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I guess I'm a biseinen then, since I'm not 19 anymore. 😛
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