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Probably true; remember the controversy about the skin lightening filter? That would be a default filter in Asia where fair skin is aesthetically considered mor

Probably true; remember the controversy about the skin lightening filter? That would be a default filter in Asia where fair skin is aesthetically considered more beautiful.

brobinson 10y ago
>where fair skin is aesthetically considered more beautiful The first time I heard 一白遮三丑 was an eye-opening experience. I knew the stereotype but not how far it actually went.
yongjik 10y ago
I once heard a theory that whiter skins were considered more aesthetically pleasing in old days (in East Asia), because at that time everybody worked at fields, so being pale meant that your family is so rich that you don't have to work. It was something that couldn't be attained by most people. Fast forward to the industrial age: now poor women worked all day long in a factory, barely getting sunlight, while rich girls would visit beaches and sky resorts, tanning themselves. Suddenly, being slightly tanned is now considered "healthy" and, to some degree, "more beautiful". That said, most people still seem to like relatively whiter skin, just not 0xffffff.
- whack 10y ago
  > I once heard a theory that whiter skins were considered more aesthetically pleasing in old days (in East Asia), because at that time everybody worked at fields, so being pale meant that your family is so rich that you don't have to work. It was something that couldn't be attained by most people. > Fast forward to the industrial age: now poor women worked all day long in a factory, barely getting sunlight, while rich girls would visit beaches and sky resorts, tanning themselves. Suddenly, being slightly tanned is now considered "healthy" and, to some degree, "more beautiful". I actually heard this exact theory about skin perceptions in western countries, and I think it's regarded pretty well by sociologists/historians. Being "too pale" is an insult these days among Whites, and many people specifically go to tanning salons or lie in the sun, just to tan/darken their skin tone.
- doublerebel 10y ago
  In Texas and other southwest US states, being pale is still a sign of being high class, since so many of the lower class are day laborers working outdoors. This includes classism within the Hispanic races.

Probably true; remember the controversy about the skin lightening filter? That would be a default filter in Asia where fair skin is aesthetically considered more beautiful.

brobinson 10y ago

>where fair skin is aesthetically considered more beautiful The first time I heard 一白遮三丑 was an eye-opening experience. I knew the stereotype but not how far it actually went.

yongjik 10y ago

I once heard a theory that whiter skins were considered more aesthetically pleasing in old days (in East Asia), because at that time everybody worked at fields, so being pale meant that your family is so rich that you don't have to work. It was something that couldn't be attained by most people. Fast forward to the industrial age: now poor women worked all day long in a factory, barely getting sunlight, while rich girls would visit beaches and sky resorts, tanning themselves. Suddenly, being slightly tanned is now considered "healthy" and, to some degree, "more beautiful". That said, most people still seem to like relatively whiter skin, just not 0xffffff.

whack 10y ago
> I once heard a theory that whiter skins were considered more aesthetically pleasing in old days (in East Asia), because at that time everybody worked at fields, so being pale meant that your family is so rich that you don't have to work. It was something that couldn't be attained by most people. > Fast forward to the industrial age: now poor women worked all day long in a factory, barely getting sunlight, while rich girls would visit beaches and sky resorts, tanning themselves. Suddenly, being slightly tanned is now considered "healthy" and, to some degree, "more beautiful". I actually heard this exact theory about skin perceptions in western countries, and I think it's regarded pretty well by sociologists/historians. Being "too pale" is an insult these days among Whites, and many people specifically go to tanning salons or lie in the sun, just to tan/darken their skin tone.
doublerebel 10y ago
In Texas and other southwest US states, being pale is still a sign of being high class, since so many of the lower class are day laborers working outdoors. This includes classism within the Hispanic races.