by Alamanda Bud » 30 Dec 2015, 09:53
I hope this is not considered as off-topic. I didn't check the link cos I don't want to lighten my skin. As others has stated, we crave what we don't have. I'm so sick of this nonsense cos the girls here they are too obsessed with beauty standard. I am not attractive to most people here but I am healthy and I love it.
However, there is an unconscious mindset to explain this phenomenal. In the East, from the beginning of society, the rich stayed inside while the poor went outside to do farm jobs under the sun. Thefore, light skin equals to wealth and high social status. It shows that that person has a good job (stay indoor with AC) and has money for skin lightening product lol. Dark skin means you have blue collar jobs.
Similarly, Westerners see tan people as the rich cos they have time or money to darken their skin. Don't we all want people to have positive impression about ourselves? Hence, this ridiculous trend, it has been going on for too long, way too long and I don't think it will ever stop.
I hope this is not considered as off-topic. I didn't check the link cos I don't want to lighten my skin. As others has stated, we crave what we don't have. I'm so sick of this nonsense cos the girls here they are too obsessed with beauty standard. I am not attractive to most people here but I am healthy and I love it.
However, there is an unconscious mindset to explain this phenomenal. In the East, from the beginning of society, the rich stayed inside while the poor went outside to do farm jobs under the sun. Thefore, light skin equals to wealth and high social status. It shows that that person has a good job (stay indoor with AC) and has money for skin lightening product lol. Dark skin means you have blue collar jobs.
Similarly, Westerners see tan people as the rich cos they have time or money to darken their skin. Don't we all want people to have positive impression about ourselves? Hence, this ridiculous trend, it has been going on for too long, way too long and I don't think it will ever stop.