• Rediphile@lemmy.ca
      15·
      9 months ago

      Your take away from what I wrote was that I think people should never expose themselves to the sun/UV? The benefits of moderate UV exposure are completely irrelevant to the point I was making.

      I just explained how they are comparable and really don’t know what else to tell you. Maybe someone else can give it a go.

        • Rediphile@lemmy.ca
          8·
          9 months ago

          I’m not in any way shape or form doing that. This is abundantly clear from what I wrote.

          I was only comparing cosmetic skin whitening to cosmetic skin darkening, since they are completely comparable and I have already explained how.

    • EssentialCoffee@midwest.socialEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      But the natural production of pigment in response to sunlight isn’t nearly comparable to chemically changing tones or caking on makeup to hide your ethnicity.

      My asian “whitening creams” are called “brightening creams” in the West. They remove redness. They don’t chemically alter your ethnicity.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
      6·
      9 months ago

      I think you’re missing the point.

      Some cultures find tanned skin to be beautiful, others find light skin to be beautiful.

      In either case, wealthier people can achieve either darker or lighter skin by spending more or less time in the sun.

      Poorer people who’s length of exposure to the sun is a function of their work, can emulate lighter or darker skin with various lotions and potions.

        • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
          6·
          9 months ago

          You sound like a real idiot.

          People will perceive beauty according to societal and cultural norms established over millennia.

          You can’t tell someone what they ought to find beautiful.

          It’s not racist, given that we’re taking about variations within a single race, not comparisons between races.

            • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
              4·
              9 months ago

              Imposing your own ideas on what other cultures ought to feel is the height of arrogance.

              Similarly, it’s incredibly arrogant to presume that your own “enlightened” attitudes will be more prevalent in the future.

                • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
                  2·
                  9 months ago

                  Nonsense. You’re just parroting catch phrases. Perceptions of beauty are not “intolerance”.

                  I sincerely hope that future generations are less judgemental and ready to label those people they don’t really understand.

                  Honestly, just observe other cultures without trying to assess whether they’re good or bad. They just are the way they are.