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This is just my opinion, and I may be wrong, but I honestly believe most black men think light skinned and mixed women are more attractive. That's just been my personal experience, and it has nothing to do with me being unattractive or dark. It was just something I observed growing up. The majority of the black guys I knew openly expressed their love for "exotic" looking women. And it's not just the skin color that attracts men to these women.
There is something that we're not saying here, and it's the fact that facial features and hair play a large role in one's attractiveness. The reason some of these guys say things like "you're pretty for a dark skinned girl" is because the majority of dark skinned women they encountered probably had African facial features (broad nose, large lips, etc). Those features are not seen as attractive by a lot of men.
Plus it's a known fact that men tend to go crazy over long hair. I'll bet that 9 times out of 10 the dark skinned women that people find attractive have a narrow nose, almond shaped eyes, and lips that were not too thin, not too big. And before ya'll try to deny it, go back to the dark women appreciation threads and look at the features of those women you posted.Lähde
It's funny how when men (especially black men) bash darkskin girls nobody reacts, but whenever a darkskin girl would like to lighten her complexion, it's self-hate. Lately I signed up on Tw itter and I was surprised how this skin complexion thingy is becoming worse. Black guys under 20 are already like " Black girls are the worst. I only date lightskin black girls" or "darkskinned girls taste like burn bread".
They find it funny, but I ask myself if they put themselves in those girls shoes just to imagine how they might feel. Yes, darkskin is very beautiful ( in fact my new celebrity crush is Lupita Nyongo), but people must admit that the society prefers lighter skin. Lately I was on some website and I saw a kind of survey which indicate that darkskinned women are the least wanted by ALL men, even by a great % of black men. And after all this people criticize skin lightening.Bullsh*ts.Lähde
I went through a phase where i was so pro-black, all about darkskin, nappy hair, the whole nine yards but this just falls on deaf ears. No matter how much I told myself that this was beautiful, other people really didn't think so. I had black male friends who loathed kinky hair, or hair that was short. I noticed that when I wore my hair silkier and straighter i got more attention from black men. Even when I became lighter, they were more responsive to me, they would try to get acquainted with me a lot quicker than when I was dark brown. Usually the younger crowd of guys noticed me more.
Finally being exposed to the internet lets you know what's really in the minds of black people. I remember this one African American forum, that would rate celebrity black women. And the darker ones always got the lowest ratings, and the lighter ones iwth the more mixed features got higher ratings. The darkbrown girls who looked like me were considered just "cute" or "average" "round the way girl", while the lighter skin/hispanic looking girls always got called "stunning" and "gorgeous"
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Everything around me points to lighter being better. You always hear guys brag about being able to get a lightskin girl wtih long hair. They always presume their hair is real. They always presume that more men like them. They are a trophy in the black community. I want to have my beauty and self worth affirmed like they are. I want to go out and have black guys be nicer to me and admire me like they are.
- Does anyone in your family know that you are doing this ? My immediate family knows- Do you think it 'okay' for a person to change their 'racial' appearance (hair colour or texture, skin colour, facial features etc.) Yes. I think it's okay. Because everyone deserves to be treated like they are worth something. With very darkskin, your beauty has no value.Lähde
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The practices of skin bleaching and cosmetic surgery are both body modifications designed to alter bodies of color in order to align them with globally dominant white and Anglo aesthetics. Skin bleaching practices that whiten or lighten the skin are responses to hegemonic cultural norms that idealize white beauty. Similarly, cosmetic surgeries alter facial features and body parts to reconstruct the body of color, making it emulate white and Anglo ideals.
Although some scholars argue that cosmetic surgery allows people to reshape their bodies to their individual tastes, research suggests that nearly all facial cosmetic surgeries reshape the body toward the same Anglo model: taller and narrower noses and rounder eyes, for example. In this way, both skin bleaching and the growing “ethnic market” in cosmetic surgery have the same goal: to render bodies of color “inadequate” and remake them according to white beauty ideals.Lähde
Nappy hair cannot be combed, washed, or styled like straight hair. It reflects light no so much in a shine, but more of subtle sheen. Kinky hair grows upward and away from the scalp instead of downward like looser textures. Because of it coils, kinky hair is more susceptible to breakage. It coils also make styles such as braids and dreadlocks easier to achieve because the curl pattern is easy to interlock and tangle hair.
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Bryd further explains, “To gain access to the American Dream one of the first things Black had to do was make White people more comfortable with their very presence” (Byrd, 2001, p.26). Thus, African Americans had to subject their Negroid hair and skin to straightening and bleaching to minimize the difference between themselves and whites.Lähde
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Ironically, some women may feel offended by what Jones and Shorter-Gooden (2003) call the lily complex: “the belief that the only way to be beautiful is to look as close to “white” as possible” (p. 177). For example, Beyonce, Queen Latifah, and many more mainstream media representations of African American women have become overwhelmingly “whitewashed”—a transformation that results in lighter skin color, lighter makeup, straight long hair, and lighter eyes (“Beauty Redefined,” 2011).
Furthermore, when African American women are represented as a beauty icon in the media, most noticeably, they fit the White ideal, with lighter skin color and “ideal” White facial features as well as thinness (“Beauty Redefined,” 2011). Finding images of dark African American women has become impossible in the mainstream media (“Beauty Redefined,” 2011; Swain, 2012).
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I will say it’s getting better. But there’s always room for improvement. Because even when I look at magazines or even commercials on TV, I mean let’s just be real for a second. When I’m flipping through pages or even when I’m looking on the Internet. I see the Caucasian woman and I feel like she’s dressed up to the “T,” and then I see the African American women; I’m looking . . . I feel like they just put something on her, the makeup is tacky and their hair is messy.Lähde
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Current statistics demonstrate that women of varying ethnicities have been unable to shed the desire for the white beauty standard as there is a “growing trend for Asian women to go under the knife – in Japan, women are having flaps of skin above their eyes removed to make them open wider, so their faces look more western”(Horsbrugh-Porter, 109).
While Asian women are seeking cosmetic interventions to alter their eye shape, African Canadian women have been occupied with lightening their skin and straightening their hair. There a growing problem among women of colour with the increasing sales of skin bleaching products not only in African nations but in the western world.
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If women of colour look for images of themselves in today’s media they will find that they have been traditionally under-represented.
“One had to page through almost 100 pages of the usual suspects (white models) in order the reach the exotica of the day in the much touted “Black Vogue” in the July issue of the Italian edition (Sharife, 64).
When the editor of the magazine was asked to comment on her decision to dedicate her magazine to the ‘specialness’ of black models, she said that most of the agencies did not seek out black girls, as they realized that blonde, blue eyed-girls sold more (Sharife, 64).
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According to Geok-lin Lim, Korea is Asia’s largest market for cosmetic surgery,Lähde
“the similarities between Western and the Korean plastic surgery is that the standard for beauty is Western” (Geok-lin Lim, A1).
This statement reminds us that the western beauty standard is not confined to the parameters of North America, or the western world, rather it has permeated international boundaries.
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For females in the African American community, the concept of hair shame is a constraint that impacts ones self-esteem, sense of self and overall well-being. Mainstream society has the ability to force and define reality, determining what is deemed as acceptable. Unfortunately for most African American women, nothing of their natural born body image aligns with that of European standards. For instance, some Black women's skin color, hair texture, body shape, and facial features must be altered in order to fall within the standard range of what is believed to be beautiful within European society.Lähde
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Keräilin ylös kaikenlaisia mielenkiintoisia lainauksia ja kommentteja koskien varsinkin mustia naisia, että niitä voisi tietenkin enemmän kommentoida, Tämä on tietenkin valitettavaa, että mustilla naisilla on monenlaisia huolia vaikka tutkimuksissa myös usein kerrotaan kuinka mustilla olisi korkea itsetunto, joka taitaa olla geneettisistä syistä johtuvaa, että vaikka valkoinen tekisi helpommin itsemurhan, niin musta ei samalla tavalla stressaa elämässä vaikka toisaalta voidaan havaita mustilla naisilla olevan ulkonäköön liittyviä huolia osaltaan mustien miesten takia.
Alla on kuitenkin tutkimus koskien feminiinistä ja maskuliinista ulkonäköä, jota en muista nähneeni tai olen nähnyt, mutta en ole päässyt tarkemmin tutkimusta lukemaan. Muistaakseni viime vuonna osaltaan suomalaiset tutkijat julkaisivat samankaltaisen tutkimuksen, jossa myös myönteisesti kysyttiin moneen eri etniseen ryhmään kuuluvilta mielipidettä. Yritän etsiä kyseisen tutkimuksen, jotta voi vertailla tuloksia.
Tässä kuvassa voi havaita kuinka ihmiset eivät ole täysin samaa mieltä, että osa on tykännyt maskuliinisemmasta ja toiset taas enemmän feminiinisestä ulkonäöstä. Tämä on tietenkin selvä juttu, että ihmisillä esiintyy tässä vaihtelua, jonka takia on esim. eurooppalaisia miehiä, jotka tykkäävät ainoastaan aasialaisista naisista, koska heillä ilmenee hyvin lapsenomaista feminiinistä ulkonäköä varsinkin kasvojen osalta, koska esim. eurooppalaisilla naisilla tahtoo ulkonäkö olla enemmän aikuismaisempi myös vartalon osalta.
Kuvankäsittelyohjelmassa tasoja käyttämällä voi katsoa, että millaisia muutoksia saman naisen kasvoihin on tehty ja vertailun tuloksena laitoin merkille kuinka vasemmalla olevalla on suurempi leveämpi leuka, paksummat kulmakarvat, leveä otsa tai hiusraja, pienemmiltä näyttävät vihaisemmat silmät ja leveämpi nenä, että käytännössä nämä ovat tyypillisiä eroja miehen ja naisen välillä vaikkei vasen nainen vielä täysin näytä mieheltä.
Tämä on sitten syy siihen, miksi monet naiset haluavat tehdä esim. silmistään suuremmat, leuasta pienemmän ja nenästä kapeamman, koska näillä muutoksilla nainen lisää feminiinistä ulkonäköä ja tätä halua muuttaa ulkonäköä ilmenee huomattavan paljon aasialaisilla.
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Alla on sitten tämä osaltaan suomalaisten tekemä tutkimus, että siellä voi havaita esim. Markus J. Rantalan nimen. Tässä tutkimuksessa käy ilmi kuinka terveyden kannalta paremmissa maissa miehet ja naiset tykkäävät enemmän feminiinisemmistä kasvoista.
Medical Daily sivustolla Dana Dovey sanoo: Science is proving once and for all that beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. Markus Rantalan voi vastaavasti havaita alhaalla olevassa lainauksessa toteavan toista. Tutkimusten perusteella ihmiset näkevät yleisesti kauneuden monien tekijöiden osalta samalla tavalla, jossa esim. kaunis iho on tärkeä tekijä, joten Dana on vähän väärässä vaikka lopulta tietenkin kauneus on katsojan silmissä.
Women’s preferences for facial masculinity in men’s faces are stronger in countries with lower NHI [17]. While national income inequality, a proxy for male–male competition, was found to be a stronger predictor of women’s preferences for masculinity than NHI [35], these findings were not replicated in subsequent regional and cross-cultural samples, showing that national health was a better predictor of masculinity preferences [18,19]. We also found that NHI is a better predictor of cross cultural differences in men’s preferences than GNI.
To conclude, we demonstrated systematic cross-cultural variation in men’s preference for femininity, which was lower in countries with worse health conditions. The suggested explanations for this pattern are: (i) stronger preference for cues to resource holding potential than for fecundity in harsh environments and (ii) lowered testosterone levels in countries with lower national health.Lähde - Lähde - A Pretty Face Isn’t As Important To Men Living In Harsh...
Kirjoittamalla Googleen näiden uusien tutkimusten otsikot voi löytää uusia tutkimuksia ja löytyi tutkimus, jota en ole ennen nähnyt koskien taiteessa, malleilla ja misseillä havaittavaa vyötärön ja lantion suhdetta. Nähtävästi vaikka tässä esiintyy vaihtelua, niin monien tutkimusten perusteella miehet näyttävät yleisesti tykkäävän 0,7 suhteesta, joka tarkoittaa leveämpää lantiota verrattuna vyötäröön, että on selvästi havaittavissa näkyvän lantion olevan tärkeä osa naisen kauneutta vaikka esim. köyhemmissä maissa voidaankin tykätä paksummista naisista.
The current medical recommendation for good health is a WHR below 0.85 for women [52]. After calibration, no woman in our study showed a WHR higher than 0.85 (maximum of 0.844, see Study 2). Do the variations within the healthy range of WHR observed here still correspond to fitness differences? The relationship between WHR and fertility is probably continuous, suggesting that a variation (even slight) of WHR translates in a corresponding variation of expected fertility. In fact, a 0.1 unit increase in WHR led to a 30% decrease in probability of conception through artificial insemination [53]. Furthermore, even small variations of WHR (<0.05) are detected by men and influence women's attractiveness [54, 55]. It suggests that the variation of the ideal WHR observed in our study—even within a relatively narrow range (0.529–0.844)—could be adaptive.
In this study, we demonstrated that the WHR of women considered as symbols of beauty did not vary during the antiquity period (500 BCE—400 CE) and decreased since (at least) the 15th century in western societies. A closer analysis of Playboy models and Miss pageant winners' measurements from 1920 to 2014 revealed a reduction, or even a reversion, of this WHR decrease. The universality of one preferred WHR is thus challenged, and the evolution of men's preferences could be linked to demographic, economic, health or social changes in western societies, which are older than the mass media growth of the 20th century.Lähde
SoYoung sivustolla esiteltiin Victoria's Secret:in ensimmäistä aasialaista mallia, joten alla voi ihmetellä naisen ulkonäköä.
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