When I first read about the bleaching years ago I was horrified. Bleaching products are bad enough but some women who cannot afford those are actually using bleach. It’s really sad.
At the same time way too many (white) people tan themselves until they look like raisins. Both habits are equally unnecessary and even dangerous. They cause skin problems and even cancer. I fail to see any conspiracy by the cosmetic industry here – people have always admired and/or wanted what they don’t have. Take a blond child to Italy and local people find the child really beautiful. Even though their own children are adorably cute. When I visited New York and stayed at a family friend’s (she’s from Curacao) place at Bronx I wanted to adopt all the lovely little girls with braids and gorgeous smiles. Their equally gorgeous mothers might have objected though...
On the other hand people have always been decorating their bodies through the history by dieting, using various hair-styles, wearing colorful clothes, pearls and beads etc. Tattoos used to be part of a tribal culture, later on just sailors and prisoners were tattooed but now it’s hard to find a (young) person without a tattoo. Personally I find “body carving” revolting. Mainly because just thinking about the pain makes me ill. But who am I to judge? I’m just hoping “the bone through the nose” fashion doesn’t come back... ;)
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Date: 2009-04-09 05:05 am (UTC)At the same time way too many (white) people tan themselves until they look like raisins. Both habits are equally unnecessary and even dangerous. They cause skin problems and even cancer. I fail to see any conspiracy by the cosmetic industry here – people have always admired and/or wanted what they don’t have. Take a blond child to Italy and local people find the child really beautiful. Even though their own children are adorably cute. When I visited New York and stayed at a family friend’s (she’s from Curacao) place at Bronx I wanted to adopt all the lovely little girls with braids and gorgeous smiles. Their equally gorgeous mothers might have objected though...
On the other hand people have always been decorating their bodies through the history by dieting, using various hair-styles, wearing colorful clothes, pearls and beads etc. Tattoos used to be part of a tribal culture, later on just sailors and prisoners were tattooed but now it’s hard to find a (young) person without a tattoo. Personally I find “body carving” revolting. Mainly because just thinking about the pain makes me ill. But who am I to judge? I’m just hoping “the bone through the nose” fashion doesn’t come back... ;)