Sunday, April 5, 2009

Girls!!!!!!!




There are many types of people in Japan, and people make a name of the group. Most of girls was called "Gyaru"( "frivolous girl" in dictionary) when they were in junior high school or high school. There are several stereotypes about Gyaru. First of all, these girls tend to wear a school uniform. It is for going to school, but they wear it to go out with their friends after classes. Also, they are thought that they wear too much make up on their face.These girls try to be cute and beautiful, but people sometimes think their make up is very dirty and messy. Moreover, people think they are very rude because of not only fashion or make up but also language they use. Young girls creat many new Japanese words to communicate each other. These words can not be understand by adults. In addition, they are good at following the fashion. These girls love fashion, so they check fashion magazines so many times. Althought they got ideas from medias, they make new trend by themselves. It could be new style of clothes, new hair styles, or new ways to make up. One of negative stereotypes is that Gyaru tend to sit down on the floor in the train, and talk with their friends with loud voice. As you can see, there are many negative stereotypes of Gyaru. However, they like to being Gyaru. This is because they enjoy their life a lot, and they do many things that they won't be able to do when they get old. They know it is the only chance; therefore, they don't care about what people say. When I was called Gyaru, my friends go out almost everyday, but they started study very hard for entering university. However, many adults think Gyarus are just people who don't think about anything, most girls know what should they do.

1 comment:

Anna said...

I have heard of these style of girls before. Actually, I think they look very American. Sitting on the floor in the train is something an American would do as well. Those girls would prolly be happy here in the US.