“Blackfishing” Is Now A Thing Apparently
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Ok that makes sense.
These days there is clearly a self-loathing element to why many Whites tan.
I just find tanning to be a bizarre thing.
Think of it like how paleness was an aspired to trait in certain cultures because it meant you were not a day laborer or commonfolk. Women with gloves and parasols were meant to keep out the sun so their skin stayed milky as possible. Bronzing was considered exotic but being pale was prized even higher.
If I don't incrementally tan during spring, I will burn so badly in the summer I've had fist sized blisters and skin cancer is probably what will take me out. Tanning is a totally normal biological reaction.
Unless you're just being lazy with your words, and you mean tanning beds specifically.
I am talking about the overall tanning craze which includes sunbathing for hours and of course tanning beds.
I have seen so many White women these days complain about being pale. This just seems like self loathing to me.
Oh sure, It's the desire to be the other. It's the exact same reason that Indian Women purchase whitening agents. When you are a Type A swimming in a sea of Type A's, it can be advantageous marketing to become a Type B in anyway you can.