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"Hey! I&amp;#039;m so glad you guys are as excited about the international editions of Seventeen as I am! I got a couple of the editors to answer a couple of your Qs. I&amp;#039;ll see if I can get more answers soon, but they all went home already! Here goes: Question #1 - Kim745gh1 asked: &amp;quot;Girls in America are called horrible things like &amp;#039;sluts&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;whores.&amp;#039; Is there disrespectfulness toward girls over there?&amp;quot; EDITOR, SEVENTEEN INDONESIA - Good news: NO! Indonesian guys are quite respectful to girls around them, as they respect their mother and sisters. If you ditch them, the worst thing they&amp;#039;ll say may be only &amp;quot;rese!&amp;quot; -- a slang word for &amp;quot;uncool.&amp;quot;  EDITOR, SEVENTEEN SINGAPORE - Definitely! Gossip among cliques of girls exists, although in Singapore the slagging goes on behind the girl&amp;#039;s back and never in her face. EDITOR, SEVENTEEN INDIA - People can be nasty if they want to, in India and around the world I would imagine. So I wouldn&amp;#039;t say it&amp;#039;s anything particularly against women. There are tons of nasty words against men as well. However, I hope that our Seventeen girls don&amp;#039;t pay much attention to this because these &amp;quot;horrible things&amp;quot; are said by HORRIBLE PEOPLE! EDITOR, SEVENTEEN THAILAND - It&amp;#039;s really surprising to hear that. And I think none of us girls would like to be called that too. I assume that might happen to just some of the girls. It&amp;#039;s good to be good and when you know yourself, you know what you are doing, it&amp;#039;ll be okay. Question #2 - uhmmkait18 asked: &amp;quot;I know that teens here in America like to spend their Friday nights out shopping with friends or at movies. But what do girls in other countries do for fun on weekends? And I would also like to know about fashion in different countries. What are some popular fashion trends? I can&amp;#039;t wait to hear what they have to say!&amp;quot; EDITOR, SEVENTEEN INDONESIA - On the weekend we also love to hang out at the malls and have looooong, fun chats with friends at coffee shops, plus shop till we drop! But for movies (you&amp;#039;ll be surprised), we prefer MONDAY evening since the tickets are amazingly on sale at 50 percent off! EDITOR, SEVENTEEN SINGAPORE - Weekend: Movies, shopping, hanging out at coffee shops, board games, cafes, karaoke, attending local gigs. - Fashion: Leggings, Japan influences (J-Pop)/Korean influences (K-Pop), suspenders, vests, tulip dresses/minidresses, skinny jeans. EDITOR, SEVENTEEN INDIA - Teens in India are probably not as different from you as you may think. Friday nights are usually at the movies, the mall, eating joints, as well as nightclubs and even coffee shops. As for fashion most girls are most comfortable in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. However, we also have traditional wear called a &amp;quot;Sahoar Rameaz&amp;quot; that they might wear on occasion. Right now the biggest fashion trends in India are solid colors, chunky bangles, shorts, big bags, harem pants, metallics -- they love buying new stuff and putting it together with old stuff to get a new look. EDITOR, SEVENTEEN THAILAND - Our Thai girls love to go shopping. They also love karaoke as well. Fashion: We are in a tropical country, so shorts are absolutely all-year-around favorites. Our girls do make the look more chic by wearing them with cool high heels. Question #3 \u2013 Marie asked: &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t know that there were many editors of Seventeen magazine around the world! My question would have to be, What is the most common issue that is happening with teen girls in their country? I would also like to know if women play more roles in their country. Thanks!&amp;quot; EDITOR, SEVENTEEN INDONESIA - We even once had a woman president! EDITOR, SEVENTEEN SINGAPORE - One big issue: Should abstinence or sex education be taught in school. Another big issue: Online communities and online hookups. Where to draw the line and keep people safe. EDITOR, SEVENTEEN INDIA - I don&amp;#039;t think there&amp;#039;s any one issue that concerns our teens. They&amp;#039;re trying out new things and are being introduced to new stuff all the time. So they are around alcohol, drugs, boys, and all the good and bad that goes with it. Also, sometimes looking good can drive insecurities that could lead to eating disorders, so these are basic issues our teens are experiencing.  EDITOR, SEVENTEEN THAILAND - I think our girls share the same things in common with girls in other parts of the world. In Thailand women are lucky enough to have as equal a role as men, especially in careers. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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