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What's up amazing people, this is iYASASA RADIO by Akane and Minami.
In this radio, we are going to talk about random topics in Okinawan Japanese and English.
Hi everyone, this is iYASASA RADIO by Akane and Minami.
In this radio, we are going to talk about random topics in Okinawan Japanese and English.
Lookism and discrimination of people based on their appearance and physical characteristics says Kamila Shahani-Danning, a professor of psychology at Hofstra University.
And with the rise of social media, there are more opportunities to worry about what you and others will look like and lookism is getting worse.
Body shaming for celebrity is also a part of lookism.
According to a study conducted by Professor Wiseau, less than 90% of women between the ages of 18 and 21 around the world feel that it is important that they look perfect to some extent.
Because of fear of lookism, anxiety about body image has serious consequences and eating disorders are increasing year by year.
So, how do you prevent lookism? Is it a step toward a fair society if society and individuals face the bias towards appearance and are aware that they do not judge by appearance?
To prevent discrimination in employment, Professor Danning says that we should encourage AI-based job interviews and setting to hide photos of LinkedIn and online resume.
People are angry at sexism, but people are still hesitant about lookism.
We should teach them that discrimination and bullying about appearance is a problem in school and at home, said Professor Wiseau.
Not only racial discrimination, but also sexual discrimination and discrimination against LGBTQ people are becoming recognized.
The new problem is lookism.
Professor Komida Shahani Danning of the Department of Psychology, Hofstra University says that lookism is judging people by appearance and physical features.
Also, there are more opportunities to worry about what you and others will look like by social media.
So, what should we do to prevent lookism?
Society and individuals are facing the bias towards appearance and are aware that they do not judge by appearance.
So, how do you prevent lookism? Is it a step toward a fair society if society and individuals face the bias towards appearance and are aware that they do not judge by appearance?
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So, what should we do to prevent lookism?
Is it a step toward a fair society if society and individuals face the bias towards appearance and are aware that they do not judge by appearance?
Professor Danning recommends setting to hide photos of LinkedIn and online resume.
Professor Wiseau says that people are angry about sexual discrimination, but people are still hesitant about lookism.
He says that bullying and discrimination against appearance should be taught in school and at home.
Lookism is judging and discriminating people by appearance and physical features.
When it comes to work or school or anything, Professor Danning suggested using an AI for a job interview or no picture on their resume.
In the US, it's normal not to have a picture on your resume.
When I have an interview with an international company, then I will give you my resume without the picture.
It's normal.
If it's a Japanese company, I will take the Japanese version of the resume, which I need to put my photo on.
I don't think it's necessary anymore.
I think Japan still prioritizes appearance.
There are still a lot of people like that.
In the Western world, if you put a picture on your resume, it's a social rule to give it to a lookism person.
I've seen a lot of Japanese venture companies.
They take pretty ones as a receptionist.
I can clearly see that they put them in the public relations department.
My previous company, the people who are in the human resources department, they literally said,
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they hire me with the appearance as well.
They said it to you?
Yeah.
So I think there are still a lot of people like that.
But how did you feel about it when you...
I was kind of happy about it because it's a compliment.
But if me and other people have the same skills with almost similar career,
if they take with the appearance, it's unfair.
But especially for Japanese people, compared to other companies, we look almost the same.
Because we have the same skin type.
That's why I think there are people who choose the appearance at the end.
But if you go to other countries, the skin color is different.
I don't think there are many people who judge by that.
In another article, it was said that the person who has the best looks can get a good job and get a good salary.
They've been told that they are pretty or handsome or cute when they were young.
And they grow up with their happiness, confidence.
I don't say everyone.
There are people who do well with that.
So what does it mean to say everyone is beautiful?
Isn't it like that?
Everyone has a different definition of beauty.
It's like you can't define all beauty.
We saw the article in China and Korea.
There was an article in China.
The movement to accept all bodies is popular all over the world.
In many parts of Southeast Asia, women who are still thin are attractive.
In research, women in East Asia have a high percentage of encouraging weight loss compared to women in the world.
In China, the elements of beauty are white, young, and thin.
I can't say everything.
It's the same in Japan.
Beauty is born through entertainment and the fashion industry.
There is no room for debate about the dangers of beauty.
There is a lot of content on social media about eating habits, thin bodies, and weight loss.
The short video app has a feature that makes the face of a human being smaller and the legs longer like a lie.
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Celebrities and influencers participate in the A4 challenge, which measures the waist in A44 paper,
and the collarbone challenge, which puts coins on the collarbone,
and the children's clothes challenge, which puts on children's clothes.
Participate in these popular challenges and appeal to your own body.
Is it really beautiful?
Or is it just a trend?
There was a trend.
Hashtag thigh gap.
You know, thigh gap?
When you put your thighs together,
do you know who has a gap around the base of their thighs?
Skinny people.
Ah, yes, yes, yes.
There was a hashtag called thigh gap that was very popular in the past.
Oh, I see.
It's also related to the contact of American girls.
Thigh gap.
The girls don't have a thigh gap between their legs.
They are fat.
It's about skinny people.
Something challenge.
Social media.
Appeal how skinny they are.
Well,
Asian idols look really similar.
Yes, they do.
I think it will have an impact.
I think it's better we have different types of beauty standard.
Especially in Asia, in Japan, too.
Whiter, skinnier.
It's the strongest.
If the opposite version of that,
a little bit dark skin with a curvy body,
becomes as popular as that,
I think the way people see it will change a lot.
Certainly.
On the other hand,
we found another article about body positive.
Body positive, which means to accept yourself as you are,
started in the West,
and now it's starting to show up in Korea.
It's an exercise to accept your body without being judged by your body shape or skin.
That we were talking about.
Yes.
But it's a good thing that it's happening in Korea.
I think it's really good.
I think it's the country with the highest level of beauty standards.
Both men and women.
And,
people with white skin,
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probably only know about it through entertainment,
and only a few friends.
So,
people with white skin,
skinny, skinny,
and tall are popular.
I think the effect of reality shows is big.
It's big.
It's like, who is the most popular?
So, it's like,
we're going to chase what's going to happen.
The sentence I thought was good was,
When we think about body positivity,
we want to be careful not to focus only on changing our perception.
Our body image, which is the ideal of society,
has been internalized for a long time,
making it difficult for us to love ourselves as we are.
And,
your body is your best friend from now until the moment of death.
Your body protects you from danger many times,
but why do you have to feel bad about your body?
You are the only one who can love your body,
which is the existence of life,
in every corner.
The existence that is close to you is your body,
and you are the only one who can accept that body deeper than anyone else.
You face a society where the prejudice against the body remains sexy,
but they continue to raise their voices for a society where the obvious truth can be accepted straight.
That's right.
According to Korean body positivity models and writers.
That's great.
You're saying good things.
What is body positivity?
Isn't body positivity difficult?
Minami said earlier that body positivity is popular right now.
It's not about Minami.
To me, it's kind of one of the movement or the trend that people want to follow.
Because they,
especially under COVID situation,
everyone want to look into their brain or mind
and love themselves.
Like love yourself movement, kind of.
That's what's popular in the last 10 years.
Love yourself equal means to love the way you naturally are.
That's why.
I don't want to say,
I don't want to say,
I don't want to say,
I don't want to say,
I don't want to say,
I don't want to say,
That's what's popular.
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But Minami naturally doing all the time.
She's the kind of person who thinks about herself a lot.
Self-compassionate.
To love yourself.
To love yourself as much as you love others.
But, I don't know.
I can keep doing that now.
But I wasn't able to do it until last year.
What was the trigger?
Well,
I stopped taking care of others.
Too much.
I tried to stop thinking about others.
And I tried to focus on what I want to do.
In the beginning,
why did you start caring for other people?
I've been thinking about that too, yesterday.
And I think I found that I am the baby in the whole family.
Like all my cousins.
You're the youngest.
Yeah, relatives.
I was the youngest.
Everyone looked after me all the time.
And I didn't have anyone to take care of.
That's why I think I'm kind of into my nephews and nieces.
Or people consider me as a person who doesn't like younger people.
I love them.
I don't care if they're older or younger.
But younger ones,
I feel like I have to take care of them.
I think that's the reason.
I don't care if they're older or younger.
But I have to take care of them.
I don't care if they're older or younger.
But I've been the youngest.
I've been looked after all the time.
Maybe that's why I want to take care of others.
That's why you think about other people
and you want to say something to them.
You used to be like that.
I don't know if I want to say something towards them.
But I naturally do.
I don't know.
I might do something annoying.
I like to find a way to make it easier for others.
I don't know.
That's your personality.
There are people who like to be spoiled.
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I think I became an adult because I wanted to be spoiled.
I see.
I like to be spoiled.
For example, when I go somewhere,
I want to pick them up or send them home.
I want to do things like that.
I wonder if I have a longing for doing that.
Maybe that's why I do it.
I do it to my mom, too.
When I'm with my mom,
I want to make it easier for her.
I think it's easy to understand if you have a heavy bag.
I want to make it easier for her,
but I don't want her to have a small bag.
So we decided to go to the airport together.
I don't want to get off the plane, so let's get on the plane.
My mom goes shopping.
I watch her until she packs her bags.
When she's done packing her bags,
I start the engine.
I start the engine, start the car,
and as soon as I get out of the car,
I start packing my bags.
You're so nice.
I didn't realize how good I was at this timing.
I thought I was perfect.
I wasn't told anything.
If I make it easier for her,
I think there's a zone where she doesn't feel anything.
It's natural.
It's like she's been set up.
I've never thought about that.
There are people who wash their hands and put towels on the side.
I don't notice it every day.
It's too natural.
I want to dry it because it's wet.
I have to move because I'm outside.
If I make it easier for her,
I don't have to be noticed.
It's a new feeling.
So weird.
I don't want to be praised.
It's too natural.
If I didn't know, I wouldn't have done it.
You know what I mean?
When I open the door for her,
it's a bit of a performance.
If you open the door for anyone.
It's easier to set up.
I'm happy when I see something that I want to melt into.
That's my goal.
It's a service job.
I think it's even better because I don't think of it as a customer.
I want to surprise her.
There are people who are suddenly kind and surprised.
I want to do that.
Am I weird?
If you were with Minami,
you're going to be really taken care of.
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For sure.
It depends on the person.
I probably didn't realize sometimes.
I grew up with so many people who take care of me all the time.
Because I'm the youngest as well.
And my family is really...
How can I say?
They're kind.
And they feed me.
Even though we're siblings,
I'm like, I'll give you a Christmas present.
That's normal.
I think it's the opposite of Minami.
I don't do it to anyone.
You don't?
I do it to people I like.
But I think I prefer it to myself.
I get it.
Maybe Minami didn't realize it.
I like myself when I'm happy.
So it's the same.
I don't get it.
Get used to it.
What were we talking about?
It was about loving yourself.
Yeah.
Have you heard about it?
Why did you look up body modification in the first place?
I don't know.
A few months ago,
I stayed at your house in Tokyo.
Yeah.
Before you moved back to Okinawa.
We searched about...
What was it?
We watched a video of Catmen.
We were like, who is this person?
We searched a lot.
There was a video of Snakewomen.
We looked it up and found out
that there are people who do body modification.
Catmen.
Catmen.
Yeah.
Didn't you see it on the news?
Maybe.
It looks familiar.
There was a man with a cat-like face.
Can you tell us a little bit about body modification?
Body modification is an abbreviation of body modification in English.
It is an abbreviation of tattoos, piercings, and extreme body processing and decoration.
It is used in terms of fitness such as muscle transplantation, beauty plastic surgery, bodybuilding, etc.
It is abbreviated as body modification to distinguish it from body modification.
What is extreme modification here?
It is an implant that contains silicone under the skin.
It is a split tongue that cuts the tip of the tongue like a snake.
It is a scarification that cuts the skin and makes a pattern.
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It also includes body suspension that penetrates the body through the hook.
It looks painful.
Yeah, so crazy.
It's Catman.
Is Catman a man?
It's a cat.
No, it's not a cat.
He or she?
It's not a cat.
It's a cat.
I'm sorry.
I was watching Crazy Johnny.
What's interesting about body modification is that they are also pursuing their beauty or be themselves.
Body positive movement is also one of the attitudes that people want to pursue their natural beauty.
Yeah.
When I think about it, I feel like what I'm doing is similar to what I'm doing.
I'm doing a lot of body modification as it is, but I'm going to go beyond that.
I think there are two meanings.
One is natural as it is, close to the state of being born.
The other is to look inside yourself and find what you really want to be.
People who aim to be as they are or return to being as they are.
We talked about LGBTQ and gender equality.
We talked about it earlier.
Inside of you is women, but outside of you are men.
Body modification is to unify those feelings.
That's part of it.
Not the body modification.
It's part of it.
I think it's a something disorder.
There are two types of body modification.
This body modification is different from plastic surgery.
That's what you said.
Catman thinks he's a cat.
So it's not sexual, it's gender equality.
Gender equality disorder.
It's not a disorder, but it's like that.
Snake woman thinks she's a reptile.
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People who want to be aliens think they're aliens.
These people are not pursuing the beauty that humans think.
They're pursuing the beauty that's inside of them.
It's interesting.
I think there's a traditional aspect to body modification.
Like making your neck longer.
I think that's part of it.
They're creating a new version, a new perception of beauty.
Isn't that amazing?
There are a lot of people who make their body look natural.
But they transform themselves in a completely different way.
There are people who agree with that.
There are people who agree with that.
Like LGBT people.
It's like how many percent of the population is made up of the brain.
Because there are so many people.
But I've never seen this animal person in Japan.
It's like freedom of expression.
There are people who can't do it because of the discrimination.
It must be hard to get a job if you do body modification.
There were a lot of artists and body modifiers.
But I think the idea is amazing.
Like putting a horn in your head.
Or shaving your nose to make it look like a snake.
Or putting black in your white eyes to make them really black.
It's like reversing black and white.
I thought that was possible.
But I'm sure there's still a bit of lookism in everyone.
Even in the future.
Do you have a lookism of your own?
I thought that was difficult.
For example, you like people who are tall.
You like people who have tall noses.
Is that lookism?
We should accept all their preferences.
And all types of appearances.
And we shouldn't judge their preferences.
Or their beauty.
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Or their stereotypes.
And just let it be.
But I think it makes sense for me to pursue myself.
To love myself as I am.
But lookism inside of me towards others.
There are types of people I like.
And there are types of people I don't like.
It's difficult.
But if you're in a relationship, it's difficult.
But if you know about lookism, and you can look at a lot of people flatly.
I think you can broaden your range of love.
You don't have to worry about it.
It makes it easier to see their true nature.
So it's not a bad thing to have a type.
But if you have this knowledge, you can broaden your range of type.
You can broaden your range of type.
You should be more acceptable of a lot of things.
When it comes to relationships.
Probably work opportunities.
You can broaden your range of information.
So we shouldn't categorize people by their lookism.
But you can just go on with your type.
It's difficult.
Every year, every month, every day.
There are new categories of people.
It's kind of hard to remember and input everything.
Like, who is who.
Let's say there are about 100 new types of people.
Don't think too much about it.
I think it's faster to accept everything.
I was just talking to Minami.
If you love yourself, take care of yourself, and focus on yourself.
You will lose interest in others.
In a good way.
Yes, in a good way.
Then you don't interfere too much.
You won't be influenced by other people's thoughts and looks.
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I think it's important to have a balance of keeping yourself 100%.
I see a lot of beautiful people on social media.
These people are beautiful, too.
I don't deny it.
You can love yourself as much as you want.
You don't get depressed or have a hard time getting in touch with people.
You can praise others.
You can accept others.
I think it's important to focus on yourself.
That's what I thought.
I don't think it's about looks.
I think it's about everything in life.
I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
I think people with disabilities are surrounded by people of the same age.
If they want to pursue a specific job.
They are in an environment to compete with other people.
It's normal to be told to lose weight.
As a public figure.
Stop doing stupid competition.
That's what I thought.
Students are brutal.
When you're young, everyone is strict.
You can be put in order right away.
I don't know if it's a bad thing to be put in order.
I think it's good to have some order.
But it's difficult.
It's not just a matter of face.
It's about the environment you're raised in.
Whether the house is rich or poor.
That's all there is to it.
Let's quit everything.
Something is sexist.
It depends on the partner.
I've always been told that.
That's the standard.
I'm not a good one.
If your partner says,
You are beautiful.
You are the perfect.
As you are.
It's easy to love yourself.
That's what people say.
It doesn't have to be your love partner.
Just with a family.
Friendship.
You are beautiful.
That's good.
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If there is anyone who struggles to feel that you are beautiful.
I was on a show before.
Self-esteem is a trend now.
Self-esteem is low.
I don't know what to do.
I want to be like everyone else, but I can't.
There's a problem.
Is that a problem?
That's how I feel.
That's how I feel inside.
I think it's good to get closer to people like that.
I think it's good to get closer to people like that.
You can be a real person.
You can read books.
I think so.
I don't know much about self-esteem.
I don't know much about self-esteem.
After all, I saw SNS and YouTube videos.
This is popular.
This is popular.
This is a problem.
I don't have it.
What should I do?
There are people who fall into the cycle.
I'm not worried about it.
Body positive?
I'm not interested in it.
If I were to be offensive, I'd be like,
If I were to be offensive, I'd be like,
I might be positive.
You too?
I don't have it.
I don't have it now.
Maybe it's because there are people like that.
Maybe it's because there are people like that.
I don't have it now, but I used to be like that.
I understand it.
How did you overcome it?
How did you overcome it?
I overcome it because...
I overcome it because...
I don't care.
I don't care.
I can overcome it because it's the most difficult situation.
I can overcome it because it's the most difficult situation.
Others don't care about you.
Others don't care about you.
I'm not being looked at.
If people around me care about me,
I'll say, I'm sorry, but no one cares about you.
I'll say, I'm sorry, but no one cares about you.
I have words I want to say to myself.
And if I say that to myself,
And if I say that to myself,
then surely there is no one looking at me.
then surely there is no one looking at me.
It's not that my face looks ugly.
It's just that my skin is bad,
and I haven't been to school for a few weeks.
At that time, I didn't want to leave the house, not even a single step out of the house.
Even to the supermarket.
So I hid my arms and neck.
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But at that time, we were wearing masks, so our faces were exposed.
So I couldn't go out.
And that's what happens to young people.
Especially with atopic dermatitis,
the worst part of the face has a lot of heat.
The face.
And when you're at home, it gets worse.
So my mom forced me to go out.
And I practiced taking a cold shower at home.
And she said, if you go out, your face will turn white.
So you should go out.
She told me to listen to her.
And she said no one would care.
And then, when I went to school for the first time in a while,
the girl in the back seat said I was gross.
I was like, but she was ugly.
I was so frustrated.
My face and neck got really bad.
And when I came back from school, my neck was in a bad condition.
But I couldn't go to school anymore.
So I said, if I go, I'll be fine.
And the ugly boy in the back seat said that.
I thought, yeah, that's true.
And then my body started to feel like someone else's.
I felt sorry for myself.
And then,
when I remembered that my body was different,
the pain was a little less.
I couldn't help it.
And it wouldn't heal in a day.
And I thought it would heal anyway.
So I tried a lot of different things.
And when I practiced going out,
I didn't care anymore.
You practiced.
For example, I would hide my skin with clothes.
Like Muffler Mako.
But the fact that the fibers touch the skin is a bad influence.
I really wanted to go out naked.
But if you hide your skin, it gets worse.
It's a bad cycle.
It's the same as when you hide your skin.
Yeah, it's a bad cycle.
So I don't expose my skin.
But I try to show my neck and hands on purpose.
I let the sun take a bath on purpose.
Even if it hurts, I try to go all out.
I don't just say, look at me.
I change it from time to time to say, this is sexy.
I do that.
And sometimes people laugh at my self-introduction.
That's good.
Maybe it's because I thought it was cool to be a proud person.
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My skin is messed up.
I don't have one ear.
It doesn't matter.
No matter what disability you have,
no matter how beautiful you are,
I think a proud person is the coolest.
That's true.
I'm small, so I have a good posture.
I don't get up all the time.
There are many ways to do it.
Stand up straight.
Look in the eyes.
People always get mad at me because I shake hands too much.
Anyway, there are many ways to show your presence.
Like that.
Whether it's skin, height, or whatever.
That's the advice from the professional.
I know, but...
It's heavy.
You should practice being proud.
The reason I was able to practice being proud is...
Akane...
English?
I think I have a strong culture of English and American culture.
Me too.
I was so shy, but...
I became more confident.
Because people told me that I'm pretty and beautiful.
People told me that I'm good as I am, so I became like that.
I see.
I should tell everyone that.
If there's someone who thinks you're cute,
tell them that you're cute in a loud voice.
I got it.
I think I'm good at it.
If there's someone who thinks you're cool, tell them that you're cool.
That's a new movement from Iyasa-san.
It's a completely new challenge.
So...
It doesn't have to be about love.
Just say what you think.
It doesn't have to be rude.
It's important to say what you think.
If you're told that, don't think that you're cool.
I think it would be good if there was a casual compliment.
Then we're gonna do it.
Now?
Minami is cute and cool.
Akane's clothes are unified and fashionable.
Thank you.
That's it.
It's easy to die.
I can say about 10 things a day.
I can say it forever.
I can praise anything.
Wait a minute.
We were talking about Rukkizumu, right?
Rukkizumu.
The appearance and the contents are only for that person.
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Do you live on your own will?
I value myself.
I'm the only one.
Let's go.
That's why I'm supposed to be recognized by others.
Wait a minute.
I sometimes see the word narcissist.
Why do narcissists and those who love themselves sound the same to you?
For those who don't know, it might look the same.
Maybe it's a balance.
Maybe you love yourself too much.
Maybe you don't love others.
If you can get that balance, you're not a narcissist.
But if you don't get into that other person's frame, you don't change your perspective.
For example, SNS is just an image.
So you should lose interest in that person.
In other people.
You're too interested in that person, so you think you're a narcissist.
You think you can't do that.
You want to be like that.
Maybe.
That's inner motivation, not inner desire.
Maybe it's like that.
You can be a narcissist.
You can be anything.
You're not me.
You're not me.
You're not me.
I'm not you.
You're not me.
I'm not you.
But that doesn't mean I don't care about you.
Something like that.
So we talked about lookism today.
We brought up the articles about Asian body positive and body modification.
In conclusion, we should prioritize yourself.
You should care about other people and don't categorize with lookism.
We should accept all types of appearance and their behaviors.
If you love yourself enough, you probably can do it.
That's all for today.
Yay.
Bye bye.
