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Soft masculinity and Flower Boys in Korean pop culture:
Gender-fluidity? Or beauty obsession?
“Kkonminam” is a Korean term, literally a combination of the word for flower and a beautiful man, commonly used for describing handsome men in the Korean language. This term already explains a lot about the definition of masculinity in Korea, that it is somewhat different from the typical description of masculinity in the west.