Skin Whitening

[dontpushme]

I agree. But the Filipinas don't seem to see it like that.

Not everybody feels that way. It's our entertainment/modeling/advertising industry that's at fault. I can remember when there were mostly brown-skinned people on TV commercials here. It wasn't too long ago. These days, women get told they have to have white underarms and joints (WTH??), light pink genitals (I blame Western porn), and fair skin all over (you know, like all the half-Caucasian models and starlets we have).

It depends too on who you're with. I know some surfers and chicks in other outdoor sports who wear their freckles and tans like badges of honour. But people here will say that's because they look like they have money to go on vacations and get tanned, which is like having money to sit indoors and not work in the sun. Folks who look like they got dark working in the sun apparently aren't pretty enough.

Mind you its the same the world over. Women over here spend fortunes on fake tanning products and end up looking like something from a Tango ad

Don't rule out the guys. When I was in Arkansas, one of the undergrads had a gorgeous tan in February, while I was almost as pasty as the rest of the white kids. I asked him how he got such a nice tan in winter, and he pulled up his shirt to reveal his golden abs (he was really buff) then said, "Go to the Sun Country Tanning Salon next to the laundromat. It only costs $25 for this."

I've woken up with worse.

You should've put an emergency drink by the bed the night before.

[WhiteBloodAda]

These days, women get told they have to have white underarms and joints (WTH??), light pink genitals (I blame Western porn), and fair skin all over (you know, like all the half-Caucasian models and starlets we have).

Hey!!! Never blame the porn!