Oh and by the way, not just that some Asian women bleached their skin, but if they have thin eyes, they also go into surgery and change the size of it. Some may also use blue contact lens. *Face palm*, It's just too weird to see people like that. I don't want to call them "wannabes", but it's just really strange! I also see a few Asian people at my school who bleached their hair blond.
I have seen bleached hair on Asian women (in Japan it is very common) and I suspect that's more of just a fashion than trying to be "white". Eye "straightening" though, is obviously trying to look less "Asian", and I often see this as a regrettable way that the West has influenced the world, even if unintentionally. An Asian woman in Canada is IMO unlikely to do this, as she is certainly aware that "Asian eyes" are seen as quite nice and perfectly OK. I think it happens more in Asia than here.
Haha, I'm Asian and I got this nasty dark tan on my arms, and when I go swimming, my friends sometimes point out how dark my arms are compared to my chest. I'm not intending to bleach my skin color, but I just want my normal skin color back (which probably won't happen, but I could live with it). And as for any other dark skinned or tanned people who want to bleach their skin pale, I say it's wrong and kinda creepy in a way. O__O
Creepy indeed. There is no such thing IMO as an ugly race or even ugly racial characteristics, and as I said, someone's ugliness is someone else's beauty.
But then there's the gender issue. Men are usually not nearly as susceptible to conventional ideas of beauty as women are, and they are under a lot less pressure to "be beautiful" than women.
And that goes for every culture you care to name :-)
Cross dressing is very common in Japan and somewhat in South Korea as well. If you ever seen a few of them, they actually do look like a woman and less than of a man, unless they speak then that blows their cover haha. I also notice their male celebrities sometimes cross dress and most of them with long fashionable hair. I guess I'll assume in Asia, feminine men are more attractive to them.
I've been attracted to a very specific set of features my whole life. The individual features are fairly common across racial lines. But I find the set uncommon in general.
So I go goofy from time to time seeing these variations of my dream girl iterated through so many cultures.
Hmm. I live in a society where most people are white, and I am white and I prefer white. Though I find people in every colour attractive and also, I've realized that what you attract to is merely temporal, so I tend not to hang my tongue out and such to anyone, however beutiful my brain interpret them to be. I train myself to view beauty as a quality with less bearing to my social interactions... though as we all know, this is pretty hard task.
it is really true, in the philippines women spend money just to get white and nice skin. and i realize when i came to US, white people they really want to have a tan kind of skin then i felt like, i belong here.
Yes indeed. When I first saw a whitening centre, I was amazed as I couldn't believe anyone would do something like that. It also seemed bad for health.
But then all I had to do was look at a white person laying in the sun risking skin cancer, trying to look "nice and tanned and healthy".
I am a young Cambodian woman and I believe the western appearance is related to the colonization of these areas. Most of them were colonized by European countries. It is also tied in with "power and superiority". The more western you appear, the more well-off you seem. If you pay attention to Asian media, Thai dramas are dominated by biracial actors that look mainly Caucasian.
We always seem to yearn for something we don't have. Tan versus whitening. Different concepts of beauty as you stated.
I agree that a lot of that is a vestige of the legacy of European dominance in the world. I also agree that we are attracted to what we are not, or to that which is different or "exotic".
There are exceptions, however. The women of India - a country thoroughly colonized by the British - have got to be the most vain, self-absorbed and narcissistic on earth - and with justification, one must confess. They are staggeringly beautiful. They certainly don't feel inferior in looks to white women.
Well, once again I have to skate the fine line between the white guy with a "thing" for Asian women, and an honest appraisal of the beauty of non-white people ;-)
I live in a city with a noticeable Ethiopian population, and my friends and I often comment on the beauty of Ethiopian womonhood, with particular emphasis on their "classiness".
But again, an Ethiopian male might possibly see them as just another woman, and the devastating "so what?" response would kick in.
i get what your saying. I think i meant to say that white men generally prefer white women. with most asians especially in america preferring there own isnt the case. for instance japanese american women are more likely to marry white males than asian males... in asia there may be a slight preference for asians males, but i'm not entirely sure about that.
I agree that Asians generally readily assimilate, with even first-gen Asians growing up as 100% American (or in my case, Canadian).
What I was referring to was the Asians who still live as Asians in Asia, who still have the traditional mentality of their countries.
One further explanation for the Asian love of white skin is the implication that a fair-skinned woman has had the means to avoid long hours of toil in the hot sun, and is thus a "lady of leisure" or of the aristocracy.
You think you are funny
dumbass
LoggyWD 2 years ago
Oh and by the way, not just that some Asian women bleached their skin, but if they have thin eyes, they also go into surgery and change the size of it. Some may also use blue contact lens. *Face palm*, It's just too weird to see people like that. I don't want to call them "wannabes", but it's just really strange! I also see a few Asian people at my school who bleached their hair blond.
Fe1ion 2 years ago
I have seen bleached hair on Asian women (in Japan it is very common) and I suspect that's more of just a fashion than trying to be "white". Eye "straightening" though, is obviously trying to look less "Asian", and I often see this as a regrettable way that the West has influenced the world, even if unintentionally. An Asian woman in Canada is IMO unlikely to do this, as she is certainly aware that "Asian eyes" are seen as quite nice and perfectly OK. I think it happens more in Asia than here.
Anekantavad 2 years ago
Haha, I'm Asian and I got this nasty dark tan on my arms, and when I go swimming, my friends sometimes point out how dark my arms are compared to my chest. I'm not intending to bleach my skin color, but I just want my normal skin color back (which probably won't happen, but I could live with it). And as for any other dark skinned or tanned people who want to bleach their skin pale, I say it's wrong and kinda creepy in a way. O__O
Fe1ion 2 years ago
Creepy indeed. There is no such thing IMO as an ugly race or even ugly racial characteristics, and as I said, someone's ugliness is someone else's beauty.
But then there's the gender issue. Men are usually not nearly as susceptible to conventional ideas of beauty as women are, and they are under a lot less pressure to "be beautiful" than women.
And that goes for every culture you care to name :-)
Anekantavad 2 years ago
Cross dressing is very common in Japan and somewhat in South Korea as well. If you ever seen a few of them, they actually do look like a woman and less than of a man, unless they speak then that blows their cover haha. I also notice their male celebrities sometimes cross dress and most of them with long fashionable hair. I guess I'll assume in Asia, feminine men are more attractive to them.
Fe1ion 2 years ago
Dude you have alot of chrarisma and are well spoken, you should audition for like an anthropology show on Discoverery channel or something.
2OpposableThumbsUP 2 years ago
I've been attracted to a very specific set of features my whole life. The individual features are fairly common across racial lines. But I find the set uncommon in general.
So I go goofy from time to time seeing these variations of my dream girl iterated through so many cultures.
dQuarters 2 years ago
well said 5/5
restowannbe 2 years ago
... heh heh .... in all our cases as a matter of fact. Like I said, it works both ways ;-)
Anekantavad 2 years ago
it's just a case of "the grass is greener on the other side" except in your case, "the ass is ..."
moreshige2 2 years ago
Heh heh ... well, it gets eaier as one's body ages, and I am quite glad about that! ;-)
But yes, inner beauty is the only real beauty.
Anekantavad 2 years ago
Hmm. I live in a society where most people are white, and I am white and I prefer white. Though I find people in every colour attractive and also, I've realized that what you attract to is merely temporal, so I tend not to hang my tongue out and such to anyone, however beutiful my brain interpret them to be. I train myself to view beauty as a quality with less bearing to my social interactions... though as we all know, this is pretty hard task.
Censeo 2 years ago
it is really true, in the philippines women spend money just to get white and nice skin. and i realize when i came to US, white people they really want to have a tan kind of skin then i felt like, i belong here.
myuyre 2 years ago
Yes indeed. When I first saw a whitening centre, I was amazed as I couldn't believe anyone would do something like that. It also seemed bad for health.
But then all I had to do was look at a white person laying in the sun risking skin cancer, trying to look "nice and tanned and healthy".
You belong here. We all do. All the best!
Anekantavad 2 years ago
I am a young Cambodian woman and I believe the western appearance is related to the colonization of these areas. Most of them were colonized by European countries. It is also tied in with "power and superiority". The more western you appear, the more well-off you seem. If you pay attention to Asian media, Thai dramas are dominated by biracial actors that look mainly Caucasian.
We always seem to yearn for something we don't have. Tan versus whitening. Different concepts of beauty as you stated.
innocentwinky 2 years ago
I agree that a lot of that is a vestige of the legacy of European dominance in the world. I also agree that we are attracted to what we are not, or to that which is different or "exotic".
There are exceptions, however. The women of India - a country thoroughly colonized by the British - have got to be the most vain, self-absorbed and narcissistic on earth - and with justification, one must confess. They are staggeringly beautiful. They certainly don't feel inferior in looks to white women.
Anekantavad 2 years ago
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
SeikoPsycho 2 years ago
there view of beauty is the same as the majority of whites, not different.
turnbacktime 2 years ago
Well, once again I have to skate the fine line between the white guy with a "thing" for Asian women, and an honest appraisal of the beauty of non-white people ;-)
I live in a city with a noticeable Ethiopian population, and my friends and I often comment on the beauty of Ethiopian womonhood, with particular emphasis on their "classiness".
But again, an Ethiopian male might possibly see them as just another woman, and the devastating "so what?" response would kick in.
Anekantavad 2 years ago
i get what your saying. I think i meant to say that white men generally prefer white women. with most asians especially in america preferring there own isnt the case. for instance japanese american women are more likely to marry white males than asian males... in asia there may be a slight preference for asians males, but i'm not entirely sure about that.
turnbacktime 2 years ago
I agree that Asians generally readily assimilate, with even first-gen Asians growing up as 100% American (or in my case, Canadian).
What I was referring to was the Asians who still live as Asians in Asia, who still have the traditional mentality of their countries.
One further explanation for the Asian love of white skin is the implication that a fair-skinned woman has had the means to avoid long hours of toil in the hot sun, and is thus a "lady of leisure" or of the aristocracy.
Anekantavad 2 years ago
that is interesting!
prula 2 years ago