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yeah in the Philippines they find this look attractive. Really pale skin and jet black hair. I'm not sure why. This commercial is 5 years old though, so hopefully things have changed
A fairer complexion is still considered a virtue in India. There are many reasons why this is so, like the film industry, that was pointed out earlier in the thread.
Then there are deeper ingrained beliefs that have been around for ages. Evil has always been depicted as black in Hindu scriptures. The rakshash (demons) in Hindu mythology would be always dark hued while the Gods would be described as having the complexion of a freshly bloomed lotus.
As kids, we would taunt other children, irrespective of his or her skin color as "kaali kaluti" (dark complexioned). This would be considered as a huge insult by us kids, thus further ingraining our mindset with the belief that dark complexioned is not something to be desired.
And with the advent of TV came the ubiquitous ads trumpeting the fact that using a certain fairness cream would make you fairer, which would net you a handsome husband (in the 80's) or a nice job as a model/air-hostess/movie star (in the 2000's). The fact that the company even launched a fairness cream for men is a testament of the fact that the market for such a product exists.
we must learn to seperate the caucasian worshiping filos and the idea of light skin as beautiful
in Southeast Asia light skin was considered a attractive trait long before the arrival of europeans
women from families of nobility where sometimes kept from going outside...or had an umbrella protect her from the sun..to keep a fair complexion...
But the results come out the same, brown skin women who use skin whiteners because they hate their natural skin color. So it doesn't matter if some of this mentality came from colonization and some of it was already part of the culture. How do you separate the two nowadays? You cant
But the results come out the same, brown skin women who use skin whiteners because they hate their natural skin color. So it doesn't matter if some of this mentality came from colonization and some of it was already part of the culture. How do you separate the two nowadays? You cant
whatever came from our culture is part of us....it is our way of thinking.....though the caucasian worshiping crap was born from colonization...a foreign idea forced onto us
I believe a naturally light skin filipina is 100 times more attractive then a mestiza or white woman
East Asian women aren't trying to look like Caucasian women. The pale ideal started out, just as in the West, to differentiate the classes - those who work outside in menial labor, and those who are indoors - the leisurely rich.
Now, however, while a tanned look is considered okay, Asian women don't like the result of the tans - sun spots, freckles, and later on, age spots. So it becomes a matter of trying to get rid of these spots, not bleaching yourself into a white person.
I am half Asian, with Asian friends, and this is the case with all of us. One friend is very pale and WILL not go out in the sun. She looks much younger than her age because of this lifelong sun protection, however, the downside of this is that now she has osteoporosis. Vitamin D deficiency and its results are rampant in Asia now due to the extreme aversion to the sun.
So now, in middle age, I wear sunscreen and hats daily but let the rest of my body get tanned so that I am sure to get my Vitamin D.
I Do use a spot-bleaching cream - they are no longer called bleachers but skin lighteners, such as Clinique, to fade some sun spots I have on one side of my face due to driving.
American see Asian women with their goofy hats and umbrellas and think the women are trying to look Caucasian, but that is absolutely not the case.
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East Asian women aren't trying to look like Caucasian women. The pale ideal started out, just as in the West, to differentiate the classes - those who work outside in menial labor, and those who are indoors - the leisurely rich.
Now, however, while a tanned look is considered okay, Asian women don't like the result of the tans - sun spots, freckles, and later on, age spots. So it becomes a matter of trying to get rid of these spots, not bleaching yourself into a white person.
I am half Asian, with Asian friends, and this is the case with all of us. One friend is very pale and WILL not go out in the sun. She looks much younger than her age because of this lifelong sun protection, however, the downside of this is that now she has osteoporosis. Vitamin D deficiency and its results are rampant in Asia now due to the extreme aversion to the sun.
So now, in middle age, I wear sunscreen and hats daily but let the rest of my body get tanned so that I am sure to get my Vitamin D.
I Do use a spot-bleaching cream - they are no longer called bleachers but skin lighteners, such as Clinique, to fade some sun spots I have on one side of my face due to driving.
American see Asian women with their goofy hats and umbrellas and think the women are trying to look Caucasian, but that is absolutely not the case.
The standard of beauty in Asia is still more 'Caucasoid.' Larger eyes, a sharper nose, a more 'sculpted face' are definitely favoured. How many times have you seen a Korean model with slit-like eyes? What about the plastic surgery?
Many Asian women take extra effort to avoid natural sun exposure though, too, keeping unnaturally pale like vampires.
The standard of beauty in Asia is still more 'Caucasoid.' Larger eyes, a sharper nose, a more 'sculpted face' are definitely favoured. How many times have you seen a Korean model with slit-like eyes? What about the plastic surgery?
Many Asian women take extra effort to avoid natural sun exposure though, too, keeping unnaturally pale like vampires.
there are many east asians with natural larger eyes.....
of course arrogant westerners like to believe they are the standard of beauty in Asia..but in reality most asians like light skin...not pink skin...if we wanted pink skin we would be admiring pigs for their pink skin
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