"It was so odd"- Pokimane recounts how she was judged by an older lady in Korea for her outfit

sportskeeda.com:

Imane "Pokimane" is one of the most recent streamers to travel to South Korea in months. With travel restrictions being relaxed across the world, many streamers have been using IRL travel streams to generate viewership, with South Korea being a popular destination.

She's there with a few other streamers, including JakenBakeLIVE, who walked down the street with her while she recounted a story about an older Korean woman who judged her for her outfit. The female streamer said she had never had an older woman judge her that way before.

The popular female streamer is on a trip to South Korea with AriaSaki, iGumdrop and JakenBakeLIVE. They are the latest group of streamers to travel to the country for an IRL stream, as Mizkif and some OTK streamers went to Korea last month.

While walking down the street with Jake, Poki told him a story from her convenience store trip with Aria the day prior. She said that she was wearing sweatpants and a crop top when an older woman saw her and judged her for exposing part of her midriff. She said that the woman gave her a mean look and rubbed her stomach.

She went on to wonder what the woman was trying to say to her. She felt like it would be a bit ridiculous to cover up a small amount of exposed midriff. The streamer provided some alternative explanations.

Pokimane said that the most likely explanation was that she was being told to cover up.

She described the interaction as odd, as Jake said it was disappointing that the moment didn't happen while they were live on stream.

Fans in the YouTube comments section offered their explanation for why the woman may have told Poki to cover up. Some said it was because of body standards for women in Korean culture, where they expect women to be extremely