Sex Icons in Mainland China Modern male Images from the mainstream media Officially sanctioned images of masculinity Wholesome, healthy, patriotic
Mystery torch guard Anonymous runner who protected the Olyypmpic torch from pro‐Tibet protesters acquires large female fan base, compared to Lei Feng, the ideal patriotic soldier. http: //www.s tu ff.co.nz /o dds tu ff/578254 Yao Ming Basketball star Yang Liwei China’ s first astronaut (2003) 《時尚先生Esquire》Powerful, successful men
http://online.zcom.com/c/572/ 《男色MANse》 Sexy, ffhiblashionable men New possibilities of identities for men? Transgression emerging from/ circulating on the Internet 男色教主胡兵 Vulnerable, sexy men Sexy King/Top model Hu Bing ml 09duh.ht 1036010 22 log_523 bb m.cn/s/ oo g.sina.c oo http://bl Homeless, poor, sexy men
“犀利哥” or Handsome Brother icon/ Homeless Chinese Man Becomes ‐ ion Sex Symbol, Fashion Icon hh fas (sexy only when he was homeless…) ‐ symbol ‐ sex ‐ s become ‐ man ‐ se ee chin ‐ /homeless mm hanghaitudi.co ss http://www. Subversive images?
China’s famous blogger Han Han, post 80s, author, singer, race car driver
Mainstream masculinity attached to rebellious stance?
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Sex Diary Official Praised By Netizens A government official was sentenced to prison for 13 years for corruption after his diary describing his extramarital affairs and bribe taking was leaked online. Netizens defended him, arguing that he was more honest than most officials. 武汉大学爱丽丝伪娘团 Problematizing the rigid association of Wuhan University Cosplay/Cross women/men to femininities/masculinities dressing Group “Alice” through cross dressing performance tml 18_7724.h ‐‐
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1. Kelly LIN Hsi‐Lei 2. Sora Aoi 3. Lin Chi‐Ling 4. Vivian Hsu 5. Angelababy 《风度》 十大性感喷血女星 Maxi’im’s Hottest Star Top 10 http://u.zcom.com/space‐120778‐do‐thread‐id‐3541.html Sexually aggressive 《男人裝》(For Him Magazine) women – http://u.zcom.com/space‐73883‐do‐thread‐id‐579.html How does this conform to/defy stereotypes of attractive women? Hyper‐femininity Cute, sexy, alluring, girlish images
Japanese pornography acquires increasing popularity in China
Japanese AV Star/nude model Sora Aoi 苍井空 and her micro‐blog Weibo Sora Aoi has 2,000,000 followers on Sina Weibo http://t.sina.com.cn/1739928273?c=spr_ web_sq _ googles_ weibo_ t489366_ HK
苍井空光棍节新浪开微博 6小时 日本女优苍井空开微博15000名中国网友 粉丝超TittTwitter “翻墙”膜拜 Sora Aoi opens Weibo account on 15000 China netizens get around the “Wall” ‘Singles Day’ to worship Sora Aoi http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2010‐11‐ http://dgtimes.timedg.com/html/2010‐ 12/07274857933.shtml 04/13/content_427081.htm Kawaii Otaku Goddesses from Taiwan Hyper‐femininity – playing with gender stereotypes
1. Yao‐Yao 2. Da Yuen 3. Sister Tofu Pudding 4. *Liu Xun Ai Individualism through consumerism: emerggging alternative femininities in mainstream media Li Yuchun 李宇春 Singer Pansy Su 苏紫紫 Nude Model/University Student
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張芸京 Singer 从性压抑到性泛滥, 中国性开放的演进过程 http://bbs.hefei.cc/viewthread.php?tid=1660639 (Article in Chinese)
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此前整整10年，年轻人公开约会被视为可耻和堕落， 他们只能以“谈工作”为借口进行地下活动，情书 的开头一定要称呼某某同志，结尾也必须是致以革 命敬礼。但在这一年，爱情开始与“阶级感情”稍 稍分开，“谈恋爱”一词开始风行全国。…...”
“1978 For 10 years, Young people dating in the public is regarded as shameful. They can only do it underground in the name of work. They started their love letters by addressing their lover ‘comrade’ and ended it with salute. But in 1978, love started to slightly separate from social class struggle and the term tánliàn'ài dating Japanese AV actress stripping in became widely pppopular…” an Adult Exhibition in China http://adf.ly/82757/banner/http:/news.hot pot.hk/fruit/art_main.php?iss_id=20110313 &sec_id=15335&art_id=15070117