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Those are all examples taken from actual cultures not fetishes. Unibrow: Tajikistan Crossed eyes: ancient Mayan culture Teeth blackening: Ohaguro etc Our mod
by grafmax 1y ago
Those are all examples taken from actual cultures not fetishes.
Unibrow: Tajikistan
Crossed eyes: ancient Mayan culture
Teeth blackening: Ohaguro
etc
Our modern globalized culture only gives us a tiny taste of what cultural diversity really is. That is because cultural diversity is actually erased by globalization - a process really begun by colonization, really the earliest form of globalization.
- wonderwonder 1y agoWho cares? The Mayans are dead. Civilizations rise and fall. Today we all agree what is attractive or not. The hot girl in the club is always attractive. I don’t care what the fringe likes. We don't have to celebrate or respect what other cultures found acceptable. The Aztecs sacrificed and ate children, the world was better off after they were gone. I don't have to respect their culture or what they found attractive or examine the nuances of why "actually their child sacrifices were ok" I'm going to confidently continue to find attractive what I find attractive and 95% of the world agrees with me. I celebrate the rise of the current global culture. I’ll leave it to you to lament the end of foot binding and blackened teeth.
- grafmax 1y agoMy point was that culture does in fact inform our beauty standards. No reason to get defensive about it.
- wonderwonder 1y agoSorry man, I've had DEI and empathy and "respect for other cultures" forced on me for so long that I unconsciously lash at out now. I hit the limit on it and its bled into other areas. Apologies for taking it out on you.
- grafmax 1y agoNo worries. I appreciate you explaining where you’re coming from. Take care.