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I live in Australia. I always wondered if a change in attitude/behavior has resulted in the increasing skin cancer rates. When I talk to my grandparents. The i
by osn9363739 6y ago
I live in Australia. I always wondered if a change in attitude/behavior has resulted in the increasing skin cancer rates.
When I talk to my grandparents. The idea of doing anything during the hottest part of the day is crazy to them. They would go for a swim at the beach in the morning or afternoon. Not at midday.
I guess they also had people that rubbed themselves in butter to get a nice tan too, but I'm interested if there has been that sort of change.
- narag 6y agoA sunny place where a lot of people coming from a cloudy place have arrived in the last few centuries. Not a fair comparison with "we survived neolithic".
- IncRnd 6y agoMy parents always told me not to go outside between the hours of 10 AM and 2 PM.
- strken 6y agoThe hole in the ozone layer probably doesn't help. UV exposure in Australia is much higher than many other countries.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago> Australia There was a guy on the radio (in the UK) discussing skin cancer rates in Australia. He summed up with a few words "we're white men in a black man's country".
- chaorace 6y agoIsn't it culturally normalized in AUS to wear full skin covering when under the sun? I seem to remember being told that most Australians wore more long-sleeve shirts and jeans than t-shirts and shorts. I think that such a level of skin covering, despite the high temperatures, speaks to an acute cultural awareness of skin cancer that you don't see in most places.