i have thought about this for sometime well perhaps not a long time really. Just this afternoon and for the most part only while i was having my afternoon coffee with my roomate and even then it was moreso just a passing thought, now that i think about it.
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Anyways what i thought about though is what is a So called Gino or Gina and what do they represent?
Many would tell you that they represent a canadian with european taste or attitude with respect to behaviour or indeed even fashion.
However, the more i think about it, from my own experiences of living with italians from italy as well as contiential french, spanish portugese and as well as germans and a house full of greek exchange students i would say there is quite the difference in both fashion and behaviour.
One of the things that strikes me most is the lost sense of liberalism. By this i mean the liberal values associated with fashion, acceptance, behaviour and attitude. It is hard to decribe the latter terms but the first one is easier. I think lost liberalism can be decribed as the loss of men wearing clothes that by north american standards could be called effiminate but however still look good. Naturally on the whole there are many men or even ginos in toronto and indeed even in canada who fit this example and i am sure many will provide anecdotal evidence to dispute this claim. However, i think when one looks at in in terms of its totality there is a large difference in the frequency of occurance for this fashion with respect to ginos.
This is only one expression of the difference between the two naturally. However, what do you think is the causal factor in this differnce other then the environment.
Perhaps let us begin with the basic reductions of the term Gino and Gina what do you think these terms mean in its very essence?
Is there a ethnic component to it or is it more so fashion related difference or perhaps even a attitude?
what do you think about lost european liberlism in this idea?
I just would like to hear others thoughts on this
cheers
william
Right
Anyways what i thought about though is what is a So called Gino or Gina and what do they represent?
Many would tell you that they represent a canadian with european taste or attitude with respect to behaviour or indeed even fashion.
However, the more i think about it, from my own experiences of living with italians from italy as well as contiential french, spanish portugese and as well as germans and a house full of greek exchange students i would say there is quite the difference in both fashion and behaviour.
One of the things that strikes me most is the lost sense of liberalism. By this i mean the liberal values associated with fashion, acceptance, behaviour and attitude. It is hard to decribe the latter terms but the first one is easier. I think lost liberalism can be decribed as the loss of men wearing clothes that by north american standards could be called effiminate but however still look good. Naturally on the whole there are many men or even ginos in toronto and indeed even in canada who fit this example and i am sure many will provide anecdotal evidence to dispute this claim. However, i think when one looks at in in terms of its totality there is a large difference in the frequency of occurance for this fashion with respect to ginos.
This is only one expression of the difference between the two naturally. However, what do you think is the causal factor in this differnce other then the environment.
Perhaps let us begin with the basic reductions of the term Gino and Gina what do you think these terms mean in its very essence?
Is there a ethnic component to it or is it more so fashion related difference or perhaps even a attitude?
what do you think about lost european liberlism in this idea?
I just would like to hear others thoughts on this
cheers
william
