Choosing to model herself after Jessica Alba seems like a logical decision, in that most dudes wouldn’t mind for their girls to look like a hot girl. But Xiaqing’s decision goes beyond mere attractiveness and plays on her ex-boyfriend’s apparent obsession with the aforementioned actress. In fact, plastic surgery to look like the star seems like the natural next step in their relationship; her boyfriend has already made requests that she do her make up in the style of Jessica Alba, even while sleeping (meaning the dude just stares at her unawares at night while playing out some weird fantasy), and had bought her a blonde wig to wear in public. These are not simple kinky fascinations that can be satisfied behind closed doors with a quick freaking (wash, rinse, repeat) but point to a deep seated, and I would argue, pathological desire that she in fact be Jessica Alba. 'I'm not only doing it for my ex-boyfriend but for myself,' she said. 'I am a psychologically weak person. I want to do something to challenge myself and build a strong personality through it.' That she is willing to go under the knife and get sliced up at the request of some fanboy who can’t get over his infatuation with Sue Storm has feminists around the world collectively sighing. It seems like it's everyday that women bend themselves backwards to meet the utterly irrational demands of the penis wielding half of the species (glad I’m packing mine). But usually the bending is the downward dog position and the request is to shed a few pounds and not get your face rearranged. However, it is clear that Xiaoqing’s desire to look like Jessica Alba is symptomatic of a much larger cultural phenomenon that places an absurd amount of pressure on women to look a certain way. Women’s body issues is a very delicate subject. We don’t vilify women suffering from anorexia, so should we cast Xiaoqing as anything other than a victim? But it’s hard not to despise her for being weak-willed, for not being able to see that her ex-boyfriend is a total asshole, and for making completely ignorant comments, "'I'm not only doing it for my ex-boyfriend but for myself,' she said. 'I am a psychologically weak person. I want to do something to challenge myself and build a strong personality through it." The hypocrisy of such a statement! That she feels she can make a firm statement of agency by doing exactly what someone else has pressured her to do is irksome to say the least. Oh well, strike one for the good guys. BTW, not to knock the Chinese, but you would think China would be the last place you would want to have your face redone.
People will do some crazy shit in the name of love. Like absolute bonkers bazooka Joe type shit. But nobody, not even a Don Juan Romeo Latin Tiger Woods, has anything on 21 year old Chinese Xiaoqing; a young woman who is seeking major reconstructive surgery in order to look like Jessica Alba in an effort to win back an ex-boyfriend.
yo, so she's cute and all... but she still looks nothing like jessica alba.
Maybe shes trying to spice up the love life...you know....role playing or something. No, but I think that plastic surgery is much much much to easily available nowadays. I mean I understand body image issues, but a society in which people can be whoever society influences them to be is one that lack any identity and creativity what-so-ever. Thats why an element of non-conformity is essential in any society. But then again, I suppose looking like Jessica Albo in China is non-conforming
I agree, but I think her decision to simply bend to the will of another speaks volumes of her inability to think for herself
Sounds like love to me.