Fake Baby Bumps Are Popular in China: Wonderful or Weird?
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2011/12/12 23:00:00
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Maybe you've seen a documentary on TV where a teen wears a fake baby bump to show and experience what it's like to be a pregnant teen, or even a movie where an actress simply needed to look like she's got one in the oven. Fake pregnancy belly suits are nothing new. But this is the first time we've heard of the items becoming noticeably popular.
According to The Washington Post, fake pregnant bellies, which are made out of skin-like silica gel and run for $80 to $250, are selling like hotcakes online. Well, we're actually not too sure how well hotcakes sell online, but you get the point. The product comes in a number of sizes and stages of pregnancy, and has been used in a number of ways, from fashion to fun. One seller told People's Daily, "Most of the costumers have bought the bellies for acting performances or as a joke, though others wanted to experience the life of a pregnant woman." What do you have to say about this kooky baby bump trend?
According to The Washington Post, fake pregnant bellies, which are made out of skin-like silica gel and run for $80 to $250, are selling like hotcakes online. Well, we're actually not too sure how well hotcakes sell online, but you get the point. The product comes in a number of sizes and stages of pregnancy, and has been used in a number of ways, from fashion to fun. One seller told People's Daily, "Most of the costumers have bought the bellies for acting performances or as a joke, though others wanted to experience the life of a pregnant woman." What do you have to say about this kooky baby bump trend?
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lightflow 2011/12/13 01:36:43Weird
+18Sad. To be honest. China denies people the right to reproduce, and they're physically dissatisfied with their appearance so they alter it to look like they are reproducing. Meanwhile they walk past a dying little girl hit by a truck, ignore the little babies dropped in the dump, and try to ignore impending disaster by too many girls 'disappearing' and boys surviving. China's messed up.
Now how is it right, that the rich people are allowed to have more children than the poor? $20,000 might as well be $2 million, to a poor family, for neither is within reach.
Didn't I watch some YouTube video about some secret experimental city in China, where more children are allowed? Was it 2 children, or unlimited? I must need to watch it again. That city supposedly has less population growth, than where childbearing is restricted. Showing why excessive government controls don't work. With restrictions, everybody feels they must have at least as many children as allowed. With freedom, people are tricked into thinking they can have children later, if ever, maybe never?
I think 1-child tyranny was not China's idea, but Western contraceptive imperialists leaning on China, to get a "handle" upon its surging population growth, because if the world's most populous country can't "control" population, what does that portend for the entire planet? But I already have been advocating a denser planet, for it answers how we are supposed to have our precious darling babies in a world of so many alive already. Simply allow global popu...
Now how is it right, that the rich people are allowed to have more children than the poor? $20,000 might as well be $2 million, to a poor family, for neither is within reach.
Didn't I watch some YouTube video about some secret experimental city in China, where more children are allowed? Was it 2 children, or unlimited? I must need to watch it again. That city supposedly has less population growth, than where childbearing is restricted. Showing why excessive government controls don't work. With restrictions, everybody feels they must have at least as many children as allowed. With freedom, people are tricked into thinking they can have children later, if ever, maybe never?
I think 1-child tyranny was not China's idea, but Western contraceptive imperialists leaning on China, to get a "handle" upon its surging population growth, because if the world's most populous country can't "control" population, what does that portend for the entire planet? But I already have been advocating a denser planet, for it answers how we are supposed to have our precious darling babies in a world of so many alive already. Simply allow global population density to rise naturally.
Nature, or God, or somebody, will not be mocked so easily. Now instead of China getting honor of being world's "most populous" country, India is growing to a larger proportion of the world total. Some country has to be "most populous" by definition. Maybe China doesn't want to be great anymore, kind of like falling Babylon America, about to declare bankruptcy under this corrupt The Great Obama Depression regime.
If you take my wife's village as an example, she figures they probably were 'technically speaking' under the 2-Child rule - however - in their case this was never enforced or observed etc. This is one way China is quite different from our societies here. They just kinda... do... or don't do.... whatever they want... or don't.... for now.. or again... depending on what Laws may... or may not... (you get the idea hehe).
My wife does believe there was a certain province (she thinks in the west) that, at one time, had a controversy. Somehow there were some women repeatedly getting pregnant. But it wasn't a case of just wanting big families. It was something like female prisoners or like alcoholic 'street people'. The children were going to relatives or the State etc. So a judge ordered them to be 'sterilized'. It was a kind of famous controversial story there. This may be where people are getting this idea of 'forced abortions' or something? But this is definitely not a normal 'China thing' at all.
*Strongly agree with you in principle and recent census showed China with nearly no population growth. They don't need to 'explode' but there is a lot of talk lately about some problems this will cause them and 1-Child is being left behind these days.
Another dumb Hollyweird term.
While it is within China's best intentions to control the population, it's a double edged sword, breaking the hearts of said women. Not that they care. Women are still seen as below men in that country. While a beautiful country, its "government" does it no justice..
I doubt many American women would pay for a fake baby-bump, but given the legal implications in China, it sort of makes sense for them.
Does not compute, people. Does not compute.