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JYP Entertainment Psychiatrist Discusses Stress Female Idols Face due to Diet

• A psychiatrist on SBS Plus' "You Can Talk To My Sister" revealed stress female idols experience due to their need to diet.
• The episode featured a woman who underwent gastrointestinal surgery to lose weight after gaining 50 kilograms during her first child's pregnancy.
• The psychiatrist explained "fake hunger" or psychological hunger, which makes people feel they need to eat when they don't.
• Previous female idols, like TWICE member Momo, have shared their extreme diets, including a week-long fast and extreme spitting to avoid a weight loss limit.
• Despite the strict diet, Momo managed to lose weight, but her pale appearance was a result of her strict diet.
• IU, who has a history of bulimia, has also faced similar issues, admitting to feeling lethargic and prone to binge eating.

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A JYP Entertainment psychiatrist recently appeared on a broadcast and revealed the stress female idols go through because of their need to diet.

On the Thursday, Dec. 10 airing of SBS Plus' "You Can Talk To My Sister" (literal title), the episode featured a woman who has decided to undergo gastrointestinal surgery to lose weight. The woman, who has two daughters, revealed that she wanted to lose weight after gaining 50 kilograms during her first child's pregnancy.

The show then had a video call with Yoo Eun Jung, a psychiatrist from JYP Entertainment. There, she revealed that dieting is a huge burden on idols, saying, "Whenever I talk to the female idols, they tell me that dieting is a huge stress for them as well."

She continues, saying, "There is so much pressure to be slim that many female idols go on extreme diets. Even IU and Jang Nara had bulimia. If you are stressed out, your stress hormones can go up and it can affect your body. It will turn your body into one that has difficulty losing weight."

The psychiatrist then informs the woman that sometimes, even when people feel they are hungry, they are not actually hungry. It is called "fake hunger" or psychological hunger, which makes you feel like you need to eat when you actually do not need to.

In the past, JYP Entertainment female idols have spoken up about their insane diets. In a past live stream on V Live, TWICE member Momo revealed that she was told that the only way she could take part in her debut showcase was if she lost 7 kilograms, or 15 pounds, in one week.

Desperate to debut, Momo revealed that she did not eat anything for a whole week and spent as much time as she could in the gym. She even resorted to spitting all the time so that there would be no water in her body. Whenever she laid down in her bed and tried to sleep, she would fear for her life, saying that she was so scared that she would not wake up again the next. She even cried at the thought.

Momo revealed that she resorted to eating an ice cube a day for the whole week. Despite that, she did not lose 15 pounds within the time limit they gave her. They decided to give her more days to diet, and she ultimately succeeded in losing weight. The TWICE members with her, Jeongyeon, Nayeon, and Jihyo, revealed that Momo became so pale during her diet, to the point where she looked like she was dying.

IU, who Yoo Eun Jung mentioned, has confessed to suffering from bulimia in the past. Back in 2014, IU confessed that there was a time where she was constantly lethargic and would sleep and eat all the time. She said that she had felt empty inside and would fill that emptiness with food. However, instead of feeling good, she would be plagued with anxiety.

So resorted to binge eating until she threw up her food. Acknowledging that this was a problem, IU sought treatment. She has since been treated for her eating disorder and is making constant efforts to prevent a relapse.

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JYP Entertainment Psychiatrist Reveals the Pressure Female Idols Have to Diet

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A JYP Entertainment psychiatrist recently appeared on a broadcast and revealed the stress female idols go through because of their need to diet.

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JYP Entertainment Mistreatment of Idols

• JYP Entertainment is known for cutting promotion times, enforcing harsh diets, and overworking Idols.
• The company is worth hundreds of millions and their Idols generate revenue.
• Mismanagement of album production, disregarding original ideas, and overworking Idols is considered disrespectful.
• Other companies have also been accused of abuse, mistreatment, and mismanagement of Trainees and Idols, causing detrimental physical and mental health issues.

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Underage Idols

At You Reign™, we are not fans of child artists, singers, vloggers, or whatever it may be. We will go as far to say that we despise it when Children, those under the age of 18, are put in front of a camera for views and money. So, we especially hate it when K-Pop companies debut Idols under the age of 18.

On top of that, proceeds to immediately sexualize them. That's a definite no-no and abuse in our eyes. That's not to say we hate Minor Idols, we don't mind if the K-pop Idols are like 16 minimum, but they are singing or performing in clothes and a theme that fits a minor. That's okay, especially if their target audience is also within that age range.

But, Companies aren't debuting these underage idols for just a teen audience. They are put in downright sexualized concepts and outfits and advertise the minors for mature audiences. We just do not want to see any child debuting out there and doing these adult concepts.

Not to mention, when they debut them so young, 16 and younger, not even finished growing into themselves or with school. Or worse, have them as a trainee since they were a pre-teen, this fucks with their Mental Health. It's horrible seeing them honestly, kids under 18, training and working, not getting to be a child, a teen, not getting to act their age. That type of mental toll will either make or break you and we don't like either choice.

Idols should be 18 and above, for any sort of concept and they should be able to choose if they'd like to show any parts of their body to their fans. Companies should not be accepting Trainees under 16, if they aren't prepared or willing to debut them within the next 2 to 3 years. Especially if they aren't finished with High School. No more of that 5 plus years of training bullshit.

That clearly messes with a person's mental health, cough, Bang Chan, cough. Please tell us we're not the only one that thinks this should be rectified. Teens 13 to 16 should be in a free and open environment, able to grow and learn more about themselves as a person. Putting them in the K-Pop industry at so young, for sometimes 5 plus years, stifles their growing minds, disrupts their mental health, and endangers them.

Proven to making them more at risk of sexual assault, depression and suicide. No more children debuting, period. We know for a fact, that we will never be supporting any group or Idol that's under 18 doing an adult concept and any company that pushes them forward will face retribution.

Sexualization

This topic was added in at the last minute because we just realized how important it is and we rarely hear about this being discussed. So, here's our two cents on Sexualization in K-Pop. Firstly, we sexualize a lot of K-Pop Idols. I'm sure you do too, I've seen your twitter, but thankfully, only adult Idols. And who can blame us when R M, Lee Know and Jackson exists?

That, however, does not excuse forced sexualization. Many groups are given a mature concept and within it, members are required to show skin and flex looks or muscles. This pertains to both male and female idols or groups. Many of the time Idols aren't even comfortable being over sexualized, forced to bare with it when presented with it on Reality Shows, Skits and Fan Meets.

As for the fans, now we're not trying to be hypocrites here, but if you aren't aware, let us update you. Recently, BTS did a RUN Episode of them doing Arial Yoga, which left them in some uncomfortable positions while wearing sweatpants. This left some impressionable moments that some ARMYs decided to spread online. It was shocking, to say the least, and definitely embarrassing for that part of the fandom.

It made us really think about this and had to draw some barriers because, at the end of the day, these are living people just doing their job. They aren't expecting to be bombarded with simp material, dirty letters and smutty fanfic. Especially considering that some of these idols can be in relationships, come from a modest culture and can even be on the Asexuality spectrum. We have to respect them as human beings sometimes.

Idols and groups shouldn't have to rely on looks, beauty and muscles for a spectacular performance. We love them anyway, even their odd personalities. Their private parts should not be highlighted and spread all over the internet. We want them to be comfortable with showing their body before they do and when they do. Most importantly, they have to be mature enough as well, so from 21 and up, they can start showing body parts, as long as they are comfortable with it.

The same goes for female K-Pop Idols. One of the reasons it took us so long to get into K-Pop was that we had a hard time liking Girl groups. This is personal, but we found that they were always in little skirts and the cameraman just seemed to linger too long on inappropriate moments, to the point where it just creeped me out.

To this day, most Girl groups are expected to be in skirts doing intricate choreo and singing. Where are the long pants, the boots, actually practical outfits for dancing? We are not trying control what they wear, more so to see the freedom in dancing and performing. Then there is the obvious sexualization that comes with being cis women in the K-Pop Industry.

They can wear what they want, I have no problems, as long as they approve and are comfortable while performing. To us, it just seems like half the time, they can't move too much in those dresses and little skirts.

Okay, that's enough for now. What do you guys think? Did anything here stand out to you, let us know in the comments below. This will be separated into more parts because we would like to talk about homophobia, racism, mental health and other issues soon!

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