What is Your Blood Type? I Am B+; Apparently It Sucks To Be B in Korea

By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News Network
Wednesday, February 7, 2007

I was very amused to learn that south-asians like Koreans and Japanese make a great deal out of blood types. Apparently B types are bad boys, yeah! Wait, it gets worse.

In south-Asia (India excluded), the subject of linking blood types to personality took off with the 1927 publication of a series of articles by Japanese scholar Takeji Furukawa called “The Study of Temperament Through Blood Type.”

The concept hit pop culture and mass media in 1971 when Japanese writer Masahiko Nomi expanded upon Furukawa’s ideas and wrote “Understanding Compatibility from Blood Types.”

Type-O people were described as outgoing, expressive and passionate. Type-A were considered introverted perfectionists while type-AB were an unpredictable, distant lot.

And then there was type-B. They were considered independent spirits with strong personalities. That exactly matches my personality :)

However the cultural stereotypes projected are much worse. There are many characteristics associated with type-B people, but the bad rap going around about type-B men in Korea is that they are selfish, mercurial and absolutely useless as caring and devoted boyfriends. Personally I am not selfish even by the most restrictive definition of the term, but I don’t know the part about “caring and devoted boyfriends” because I never (this is not a typo) ventured into dating scene.

According to a nationwide survey in South Korea conducted by Internet portal site xyinlove.co.kr, type-B men were considered to be the most difficult type to date and about 40 percent of women said they did not want to marry a type-B man. Source

So if you are in Korea and you are type B and you intend on dating Korean women then be sure not to reveal your blood type or better yet say A (all is fair in love and war). I wonder if they will go as far as requiring to see your blood test report before saying “Yes” to your bended knee proposal.

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Discussion

bala
July 24, 2010: 8:22 am

I am B+ (man), going to marry B- (Woman).
Does it make any problems in the near future specially for my Childs?


justsumgirl
July 12, 2010: 4:56 am

what if you were a girl that has type B, then no guy would want you?

July 11, 2010: 4:20 am

i want to know about the deffirent between the people have deffirent blood grouping such as A+ A- O+ O- B+ B- and their behaviour


sharma fedinand
July 8, 2010: 4:00 pm

why can’t b+ blood type people drink 3% milk


photonbelt
April 22, 2010: 8:21 am

It’s Great to be B! I am also exploring the Blood type Diet by Peter D’Adamo. I did the Family Tree DNA test. Highest definitions is in men having Y Cromo., that women do not. But my wife was adopted and we found her to rein from the eastern Baltic. Gotta love Science…


ma-el
December 3, 2009: 11:42 pm

firstly, koreans & japanese are north-east asians..this is kinda funny that people allowed themselves to be influenced by blood types..my blood type is b+ but it doesn’t matched mine.But is this really true? is there any solid proof???


abc
November 28, 2009: 7:50 pm

u sound pretty sour about all this~ ^^
people believe what they want to believe


yin
November 3, 2009: 2:45 am

This is very stupid, and also racist. There is no scientific evidences to support this claim about people’s character base on blood type. The are factors that determine person character. It is like saying on race is superior than the other. For example, living in a stupid society that believes in nonsense like that. Japanese scholar Takeji Furukawa was the one who influence the Emperor of Japan during World War II to genocide all people in Asia to expand the Japanese Empire.But I guess it is a way to make money for these believers in pop culture. I think it is funny. I have laugh and tell people who are stupid for believing in it.It just the stupid ones who believe in those nonsense.


Sarah
August 15, 2009: 6:20 pm

being B- for a woman is kinda crappy when it comes to wanting to have kids. My doctor told me if I would’ve been negative we would need treatment to get pregnant.
Something about the blood not being compatible.. dunno.

For that indian guy, I think B+ is the most common blood type in India, after O+.


DLU
July 17, 2009: 3:19 pm

Check out many of the Korean “vital stats” websites, after birth date, place, home town, etc. you will see BLOOD TYPE listed quite often. Many must be inclined to belive it or they would not list it. After living in Korea for ten years (4 then 6) I think it is just another of the many cute, but unfounded “truths” you can find in any part of the world.


elizabeth

John
April 14, 2009: 3:44 am

First, the guy who called Korea and Japan as “South Asians” is idiotic. No wonder he has Blood Type B … hehe but true. Get the fact straight. Korea and Japan … they are “East Asians” (North-East Asians). Actually, AB are worse, in some ways. They are either brilliant or just insane as in “crazy”…hehe.


Vanessa
April 7, 2009: 1:22 am

Haha, my blood type is AB and I’m a scorpio, but the thing is, I’m probably the most predictable, un-mysterious person anyone could ever know.
That’s ridiculous. Quite frankly, I fit the personality of A and libra more, gahaha!


Alleigh
March 20, 2009: 2:24 am

I am a b+ female and display those traits.


confused
March 12, 2009: 6:06 am

JAPANESE AND KOREANS ARE NOT SOUTH ASIANS THEY ARE EAST ASIANS. INDIA IS.. IS I’M NOT SURE BUT IT IS NOT EAST ASIA. LOL LEARN YOUR GEOGRAPHY


Morticia
December 1, 2008: 2:28 am

What I was thinking, maybe, is that so many Koreans and Japanese people are raised in a society that has these ideas about blood types, and those ideas might in fact shape a bit of how they are?
Like, if you are B+ (like I am) and you grow up hearing about all these traits that you apparently have, then you WILL start to see them in yourself too, and there’s a good chance that you will develop them further (whether subconsciously or not).
I mean, everyone has all of these traits… but when certain ones are centered out and saying “these ones are you” then you will focus more on those ones, and both you and others will notice those traits more when they see you.

So perhaps in a way a Korean person might see someone acting a certain way, be like ‘they are type A’ only to find out that they are! Because that person has kind of developed those traits further, because they’re expected of them…
Does that make sense?

Like, I know that I’m B+, and I ‘m all ‘yeah… it all goes’ though some of the traits actually don’t, but then I think wait.. maybe I’m just not aware of them yet. And I bet if someone were to switch around the blood types, so that O meant conservative and kind, and B meant strong leader and optimistic, then people of those blood types would still go ‘oh look, wow, that’s just like me!’ because really, we all have a little bit of those traits… all of us could be any of those.

But yeah, after rambling for nine million years… if you are around certain expectations for long enough, then you will find that you are acting those expectations out, and you will be seeing them in everything you do, and turning a blind eye to all the others… blah.


GODOFBLOODTYPES
November 23, 2008: 12:06 am

The blood-type theory is well accepted by almost ALL Koreans. Some may even say that they do not seriously consider it, but the preconception about blood types are inevitable because it is like religion - it brainwashes people to a certain degree

November 21, 2008: 3:52 pm

i’m lebanese/syrian born in the states and my blood is b+. definitely the best blood type out there hehe :)
i think that most americans (that I know) have no idea what their type is or are even inclined to find out. glad i busted outta that bubble.

September 14, 2008: 11:41 am

Just “B positive” Angsuman. Ok j/k.

Ran across your article when researching what it meant to have B+ blood. (Mine’s B+ too.) Interesting to learn this about other cultures.

September 3, 2008: 11:59 am

That’s cool. So being an Indian I don’t suck even though my blood type is B+ :)


gyopo
September 3, 2008: 7:25 am

I believe the korean blood thing only works with koreans… not sure about japanese. i think our blood is “pure” (not racist, just trying to explain) and ive been able to guess all my close korean friends blood type however… it does not seem to work on white or blacks or south east asians ne whooo im korean too so it was just my observation

August 21, 2008: 9:25 pm

The piece was written in amusement. I am not really concerned because:
1. I am not in the (marriage) market
2. I am not a Korean


lol
August 21, 2008: 6:50 pm

Chillax, dude. Culture and social phenomena aren’t that easy to pin down. Your analysis, while interesting, is at best limited in understanding and doesn’t allow enough leeway for cultural considerations. Not too many people subscribe to this anyway, so just chill.


jen
April 26, 2008: 9:25 pm

Uhm… Koreans and the Japanese are not considered \”south-asians\”


angela
April 24, 2008: 10:52 pm

this is stupid. not many koreans take it that far. its just a bit of fun.


Aga
April 20, 2008: 9:20 pm

B type woman-find b guys challenging,strong like me.


jocely
March 25, 2008: 6:06 pm

I would marry a type B guy. I am a B type also


Aije
January 10, 2008: 8:40 pm

Are you serious?! Wow, so it’s true then for type B men in Korea like their movie, huh? But what about if you’re a female (which I am) in Korea or any other country? Would you be treated alike?


Stacey
January 3, 2008: 4:38 pm

The only potential problem you might run into is the rhesus positive vs. rhesus negative thing during pregnancy. But since it’ll hardly be the first time it’s happened in the history of mankind, your doctor’ll be able to take care of that as a matter of course.

May 16, 2007: 10:57 pm

You will be fine.

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