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He recalls Japanese people praising his tiny face; unfamiliar with the beauty ideal, he demonstrates its size using a CD. His first Japanese girlfriend felt embarrassed by the contrast, standing behind him in photos and objecting when he moved closer. He speculates about ethnic body proportions, worries his tiny face may deter women, and jokingly wishes for a similarly proportioned cloned girlfriend.

Body-image attention turns a compliment into anxiety about romantic compatibility and feminine appearance.