2019-05-08 : 중국의 대장부 캠프 Real Man Training Club

2019-05-08 : 중국의 대장부 캠프 Real Man Training Club

 

말레이시아 친구가 화장하고 마른 남자가 좋냐고 물어봤다.

당연히 아니!! 라고 했는데 그럼 왜 K-POP 아이돌은 다 그러고 나오냐고...

그래서 어린 친구들은 그런 스타일을 좋아하나 봐 라고 말했는데... 그러고 보니 왜 그런 걸까

그러다 보니 K-POP 남자 아이돌 하면 그런 호리호리 한 몸매+메이크업+긴 머리 인 게 전 세계적으로 이미지가 꽝 박힌 거 같다.

 

중국에서는 강한 아들을 키우기 위한 대장부 캠프가 유행이라고 한다. (그렇게 큰 유행은 아닌고 특이해서 화두 거리인 듯)

아무래도 중국에서는 한 자녀 정책 등으로 자식들을 곱게 키우다 보니 요즘 아이들이 멘탈도 약하고 부모에게 의지하는 성향이 강하니 그럴 수도 있겠다 싶었다. 뉴스 기사를 보니 체력 관련 캠프를 많이 하는 거 같은데 어릴 때 그렇게 친구도 사귀고 추억도 쌓는 건 괜찮은 일인 거 같기도 하다.

(여기에 또 K-POP을 갖다 써서) K-POP영향을 받아 남자들이 여성스럽게 치장하고 다니는 거에 대해 정부에서도 문제 삼아 남자들이 귀걸이를 차고 나오면 블러 처리까지 한다는데.. 참 자유란 없는 나라 같다.

남자답게 행동하는 건 그렇다 쳐도 옷 입는 거까지 제지한다는 건 개성이라는 걸 없애는 거 아닌가? Real Man은 뭐 가죽재킷만 입고 다녀야 하는 건가? 휴 나한테는 그냥 K-POP 인기를 질투 및 시기하는 중국 정부의 섣부른 조치로만 보여진다... 

 

(중국) "강인한 아들 원해"..부모들에 '대장부 캠프' 인기   (뉴스아이리이빠빠) 아들이 여자아이처럼 클 것을 두려워하는 국내 부모들 사이에서 남자 어린이를 위한 이색 훈련 캠프가 인기를 끌고 있다고 홍콩 사우스차이나모닝포스트(SCMP)가 4일 보도했다.   SCMP에 따르면 국내에서는 어머니나 할머니가 대부분의 양육을 책임지고 학교에서도 여성 교사가 대부분인 까닭에 얌전하고 수줍음을 잘 타며 나약한 성격의 남자아이가 많아진다는 인식이 퍼지고 있다.   지난 9월 이를 다룬 국영 매체의 한 TV 프로그램은 사회에서 큰 반향을 불러일으키기도 했다. 이에 남자 어린이만을 위한 특별 프로그램을 통해 '대장부(男子漢)'를 키워낸다는 이색 캠프가 부모들 사이에서 큰 인기를 끌고 있다.   베이징의 체육 교사였던 탕하이옌이 지난 2012년 세운 이러한 '대장부 캠프'에는 지금껏 2만 명 이상의 남자 어린이가 참가하기도 했다.   1만 위안을 내면 18번의 주말 프로그램에 참여할 수 있으며, 캠프에 참여한 남자아이들은 서로를 '동지'라고 부르며 유대감을 다진다.   머리에 '대장부'라는 머리띠를 두른 아이들은 "누가 최고인가. 내가 최고다", "우리는 누구인가. 우리는 남자다" 등의 구호를 외치며, 레슬링, 모의전투, 미식축구 등 남자다움을 키워준다는 각종 프로그램에 참여한다.   이러한 캠프들은 겨울에 웃통 벗고 달리기, 영하 30도 이하의 날씨에 헤이룽장(黑龍江) 성의 산 오르기, 일주일 동안 서부 사막 횡단하기 등 인내심과 강인한 체력을 요구하는 다양한 프로그램을 준비한다.   캠프에 참가한 아이들의 부모는 상당한 만족감을 나타낸다.   소학생 아들을 이러한 캠프에 보냈다는 장하이웨이는 "아들은 어려운 일이 닥칠 때마다 울기만 하는 매우 나약한 성격이었는데, 캠프에 다녀온 후 자신이 해야 할 일을 알아서 척척 하는 성격으로 변했다"며 만족감을 드러냈다.   SCMP는 "이러한 캠프는 자녀를 너무 오냐오냐하며 키우는 국내의 양육 환경을 반영한 것"이라며 "이러한 강제적인 캠프보다는 남자아이가 자신의 가정이나 학교에서 남자다움의 '롤 모델'을 찾는 것이 훨씬 자연스러운 교육이 될 것이라는 지적도 있다"고 전했다.

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(중국) "강인한 아들 원해"..부모들에 '대장부 캠프' 인기

 

 

To fight K-pop's influence in China, boys train to be alpha males BEIJING — It is 14 degrees the morning two dozen boys gather at a Beijing park to be transformed into alpha males. A reluctant winter sun casts silver light between treacherously cold shadows. The wind bites, worsening nerves as the boys — the youngest 7 — prepare to strip to their waists for a run. One of the watching mothers is worried. She wants her son to grow into a macho male, but it’s so cold. She tells him he can keep his shirt on, or perhaps skip the run through Olympic Forest Park. This is the kind of “feminine” parenting that coach Tang Haiyan fears can ruin boys. Tang, a former schoolteacher, founded the Real Man Training Club to combat what he and others in China see as a masculinity crisis — part of a backlash against the makeup- and earring-wearing male TV, film and pop idols who have gained immense popularity here. “If you are promoting these effeminate figures,” Tang said, “it’s a calamity for our country.” In a nation where men dominate political and business leadership and campaigns for gender equality have gained little traction, the debate over what is “effeminate” has become a popular pastime among older conservative residents, and mostly among men. Influenced by K-pop idols in Korea, China’s boy bands and celebrities — with their delicate beauty, dyed hair and haute couture wardrobes — have a massive following among women here. But China’s state-run media condemns the young idols, calling them “sissy pants” and “fresh young meat.” The backlash deepened after a back-to-school TV program featured the boy band F4. Angry parents attacked the Education Ministry’s decision to hold up the cosmetics-wearing young men as role models; state media warned that a “sick” and “decadent” culture threatened the future of the nation. This year, a Chinese videostreaming website started blurring earrings worn by men. “The gender stereotyping is not just about gender identity itself,” said an author and researcher on Chinese masculinity. “It’s about the reproduction of the nation and how to properly cultivate the next generation.” Song Geng of the University of Hong Kong said the fear partly reflects deep-seated insecurity about Chinese power, after historical humiliations such as the opium wars and domination of Chinese rulers by foreign imperial powers. “They’re worrying that if Chinese men are so effeminate … then we will become a weak country in future and we cannot compete with our rivals,” he said. “There’s anxiety about the virility of the nation being harmed by those effeminate male images.” Screenwriter Wang Hailin says the young men resemble male prostitutes sought after by some affluent older women. “We need to be aware of this effeminacy before it’s too late and deal with it,” said Wang, 48. He has berated fellow screenwriters, saying they portray men as “wimps, cowards, losers and idiots” and that China should look to Hollywood for strong alpha male characters. “It’s created the impression that Chinese men are all weak, irresponsible and indifferent,” he warned. “Male actors represent national ideology. We cannot encourage the younger generation to look up to them as role models.” Chinese military leaders seem to share fears about the nation’s men, with the army newspaper People’s Liberation Army Daily complaining that 20 percent of recruits were not fit enough to pass the fitness test for admission because they were overweight, watched too many cellphone videos, drank too much or masturbated too often. ——— ‘Reserve for alpha males’ Tang likens his club to a “reserve for alpha males.” On the morning of the shirtless run, the boys arrive clad in down jackets, but one by one the layers come off. Each boy dons a headband with the words “Real Man.” Their track suits and shirts display slogans in English such as “Power Leader” and “Anything is Possible.” Tang and other male mentors lead the boys in chest beating and slogan shouting. Huddling nearby, parents — mainly mothers — shuffle from one foot to another as if to dance the cold away, taking cellphone photos of their sons. They say the boys chose to take part in the club, which offers weekly activities including American football, wrestling and boxing, and annual treks through the desert and mountains. The boys box the air and run in place; a few look self-conscious, their movements slow and awkward. The boy whose mother said he could skip the run is with them. In this club, boys who cry are ignored; for the 11-year-old, opting out would have brought a monumental loss of face. “I think it’s a good opportunity for him to gradually cultivate a macho character,” said his mother, who gave her surname as Chen. She described her son as shy and introverted and said participating in outdoor camps boosts his confidence. “If you are a male, you are supposed to have those male traits. If you are a girl, you tend to be softer,” Chen said. “But I don’t think the entertainment industry has shown good role models for the society because the celebrities they put on the big screen exhibit a more feminine side of men. That’s the problem.” ‘A delicate face does not mean a weak heart’ Li Chao, 21, lives in an plush outer-Beijing apartment with two assistants and a brown toy poodle named Coffee. He is the kind of man many conservatives despise. His hair is artfully mussed, and he wears a subtle rose shade on his eyelids, a natural lipstick and pale foundation. He makes $30,000 a month live-streaming himself applying makeup, an extraordinary sum for a young man without a degree. At school, troubled by pimples, it bothered him that boys were not supposed to care about their appearance. He got himself some concealer and started asking girls how to apply makeup. “I felt delighted because every day I would wear makeup, and I felt really fresh and really great,” he said. “It put me in a good mood.” His father was horrified. “He would get angry, and he would question me. He said you should not do girlie things. You should not look like a girl,” Li said. “He’d say: ‘Stop wearing that. Stop it. You should go outside and play sports.’ “I’ll never change him.” To avoid arguments, Li applies cosmetics with a light hand when he visits his parents, but he rejects the attacks in state media and by conservatives. He hates some of the posts on his blog, such as one telling him the only color men should wear is camouflage. “The whole premise of those comments is to judge someone based on their appearance,” he says. “But in modern society, you can’t judge us for not looking masculine enough. How do you know we are not masculine enough?” Other Chinese men are also increasingly using cosmetics and facial products. A taxi driver in the eastern city of Linhai faced internet notoriety when photos of him driving while wearing a moisturizing skin mask went viral last year. Chen Yiqun was suspended from work for three days and was the butt of social media jokes, but he also found fans online who applauded his facial regimen. “What’s wrong with having a much more diverse image of men?” Li asked. “It’s common these days for men to care about their appearance.” Li has 1.5 million followers on the video-streaming site Kuaishou and 2 million on the social media site Weibo, mostly girls and women, from 12 to 30. He waded into the debate on Weibo after the controversial back-to-school TV program, with many sharing his views: “We should create a tolerant and diverse society. Men should focus on having an independent soul, a righteous heart and a strong sense of social responsibility.” Researcher Zheng Jiawen from Nanjing University’s School of Journalism and Communications contends that “China’s real crisis of masculinity isn’t ‘sissy pants.’ “It’s a generation of men anxious and insecure about their declining social status and their desperation to cling to power,” Zheng wrote on the Shanghai-based website Sixth Tone. “We must all learn to accept the fact that a delicate face does not mean a weak heart, slender shoulders do not reveal a fragile soul, and a ‘betrayal’ of outdated masculine stereotypes is not a betrayal of the nation.” ——— World view divided by gender roles Tang, who founded Real Man Training Club in 2012, has a world view that is divided into traditional gender roles: Boys are rough, boisterous and energetic. Girls are quiet, studious and groomed. The former school teacher, whose class included troubled, low-achieving boys, said Chinese boys are betrayed by an education system dominated by risk-averse female teachers who reward girls’ “good” behavior and punish “bad” male behavior. Tang designed the club — which he says fluctuates between 2,000 and 3,000 members — to get boys to face tough physical challenges “in a manly way,” which he defines as being brave, responsible and committed. He said he was inspired by his love of American football and a visit to California in 2006 to see how teams were trained. He came away with the idea that U.S. parents wanted their sons to play football “so they could become alpha males.” He decided the sport could transform Chinese boys. ——— ‘We are real men’ Beijing’s watery sunshine does nothing to take the bite out of the morning air, but it’s time for the boys to strip off their shirts. They hand them to their mothers, giggling and bouncing about, arms huddled to their chests, as their parents whip out phones for more photos. The boys form into two military-style lines and run for about 10 minutes around the park. They run stoically, in lockstep with their coaches, as the low morning sun paints their long shadows on the ground: “One, two, three! “Who’s the best? “We are! “Who are we? “We are real men!” ——— (Gaochao Zhang of the Los Angeles Times’ Beijing bureau contributed to this report.) ——— ©2019 Los Angeles Times Visit the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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To fight K-pop's influence in China, boys train to be alpha males