As part of East Asian culture, Singaporeans like heightism.
Height is viewed as very very important in Singaporean society and
Chinese/Korea/Vietnamese/etc societies. If you are born short, you are
basically looked down upon.
Of course, you are also looked down upon if you:
have lower education
are young
are old
have a different skin colour
don't speak chinese
and the list goes on and on.
But you get the idea. You will always be looked down upon one way or another in Singaporean society.
It is not uncommon for the Chinese to state height requirements in job ads.
However, you should note that they rarely state breast sizes because of obvious reasons..
Hi Mark, couldn't agree more with you on this even though I'm a Singaporean. I have always had the same thoughts but had no one to shared them with, it was until I lived a while overseas that I found my soul and fully realise the extent on how bad Singaporeans behave, I could feel the repressive energy the moment I step into Changi Airport. Anyway, write more!
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ReplyDeleteI read every one of your article and went, 'Yes, yes, yes!'. Finally an unfiltered, realistic view and observation of life in Singapore (that is if, you're poor you live literally like a third world citizen not because of the government, not because of the weather, not because of the lack of money but rather because of the people whom you would share space and facilities with. And if you're rich, you can just pay your way out of living with these people. Hate public transport? Drive your own car. Hate living in cramped spaces with unpleasant neighbours? Live with civilised people in the privacy of your landed and secure property. Hate bad service? Just wear expensive things and people would unusually render good service. Want your grievances to be heard? Hire a top notch, well-known lawyer or law firm to represent you against a company or a government body and all a sudden, your complaint would be given first priority.)
ReplyDeleteBefore we all point our fingers to the government, or the foreigners. Remember, if was your or your forefathers who voted and approved this style of governance; it was us who continue voting for PAP despite our grievances with the Population White Paper. It was us who did not lend our voices to those who sought redress against overpopulation, and the government stated that it was a situation of "loud minority, silent majority". Singaporeans may want to lash out their xenophobic sentiments; however the assumption is that there exits strong social unity in the first place (hence the perceived threat and fear of foreign people and cultures eroding this unity). We were selfish and disunited as a people at the start, the influx of more foreigners is merely a taste of our own medicine. The degree of rudeness and aggressiveness Singaporeans can display to one another is not that different from how rude foreigners treat the locals. The only way to keep me going to be happy, relaxed and contented in my daily life, trying to keep a good vibe and create a good culture of my own. Thank you, Mark for reminding me not to behave like a rude prick, cheers.