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Cont'd.

If anything, it was an anti-feminist trend. You have got to remember, that part of the reason this style became so popular across the world was because of both Eastern and Western celebrities. The East wanted to emulate the West, and thus "gyaru" was officially born. Well, what was the West doing at the time? Nearly all of the female celebrities to come out of the West, who were able to achieve worldwide popularity at the highest level, shared certain physical features... These same celebrities were also known for their sexual misadventures or proactive stage performances. They would not have become so popular unless they appealed to men in this way. Young women saw this, and began to emulate these horrible role models. Not so coincidentally, they all looked like gyaru, plus or minus the amount of tanning.

There is a great, now 20 year-old South Park episode about this phenomena, called "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset." That episode is now likely to be older than most of the people in this thread, which is also why it is impossible for anyone here to commentate. Gyaru is something that happened well before they were born.

So, why is gyaru considered feminist in the West? There are several reasons, in my opinion:

1 - Because younger women like the style, and want to believe it was feminist.
2 - Because, if it weren't feminist, you would not think it was "okay" to like it. I suspect this is probably your true motivation for disputing my claim.
3 - Because you can't speak Japanese, so you can't be easily corrected.
4 - Because the only documentation about "gyaru" comes from a narrow-minded and Eurocentric feminist perspective. Therefore, you feel justified in believing what was written by self-referencing academics.
5 - Because you weren't alive at that time, so you can say whatever you want about it, and your peers will not be able to dispute it.