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Q: Why are Chinese fascinated by injured people?
My girlfriend broke her ankle, got a cast and walks around on crutches everywhere. No big deal.
Except everyone stares at her in the street. People stop just to look at her. And she's Chinese. Even she's somewhat surprised and pissed off at how intently they stare. They stare just as much when I'm not around too. And I live in Shenzhen, so the excuse of 'small town, ignorant people' also goes out the door.
Is it a loss of face or embarrassing for a girl to be on crutches? Is that it?
Even if you live in a first tier city, those around you may not have lived there for long, and even if you do not agree, the countryside is the supplier of persons to the big cities looking for work and a better life. So, please, do not tose it out the door yet.... And when a tree grows twisted, it is very hard to make it straight too.
Chinese persons, by nature, have what could be called "a morbid type curiosity". One of my favorite ways to kill time is to go to a nearby park, sit on a bench under a tree, and read a good book. Sometimes I do bring a small pocket TV made by Zenith that I do have had for years. You should see persons walking by, stopping, looking, approaching me, even going behind the bench, looking over my shoulder, to get a better look at the TV, and the book I read. It does borders on being totally ridiculous.
Yet, the other day, a dark skinned Chinese, wearing only a dirty T-Shirt that barely covered his genitals, walked around the park (wearing nothing else but the T-shirt) for over 2 hours, in front of many, including policemen, and no one looked at him or did anything.
So, tell your GF that when others stare at her, it is not the broken ankle, it is not the usage of crutches, it is the desire to know what happened to her that forces them to stare.
