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minus-squareFilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoI think skin bleaching might be a rampant issue. iirc Africans and Asians also do it. Everyone seems to want lighter skin. Wonder if it’s due to Western influence.
minus-squarecally [he/they]@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoIsn’t tanning a form of “skin darkening”
minus-squareInfinite@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoAt least some of it comes from outdoor workers being darker from sun exposure and then cultures associate “dark = laborer.”
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoI still think it’s funny that tanning salons are so popular in the US, to look like you have free time to lounge in the sun.
I think skin bleaching might be a rampant issue. iirc Africans and Asians also do it. Everyone seems to want lighter skin. Wonder if it’s due to Western influence.
Isn’t tanning a form of “skin darkening”
At least some of it comes from outdoor workers being darker from sun exposure and then cultures associate “dark = laborer.”
I still think it’s funny that tanning salons are so popular in the US, to look like you have free time to lounge in the sun.