As a ginger, I can't wait.
My condolences.
Whats the significance of a suntan?
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My condolences.
Soldato
The body produces Melanin when exposed to too much sunlight. This makes its way to the skin cells in the epidermis (top layer of skin) to protect them from the Sun's UV radiation. The Melanin also has the effect of turning the skin brown. This is what I was told at school anyway.
Soldato
Tanning is seen as good nowadays because celebrities are tanned, but that's a spin off of it being good to be tanned because it shows you can afford to travel abroad and holiday.
In days of yonder, as has been said, a tan was seen as bad because it meant you were a peasant and worked outside rather than being able to stay inside.
In Asian countries many women want to be whiter and you'll struggle to find a tanning moisturiser for example, and instead you'll find bleaching ones. This is essentially because they want to look more like Western celebrities and also the same as our yonder years (ie a tan means you work outdoors in manual labour).
In days of yonder, as has been said, a tan was seen as bad because it meant you were a peasant and worked outside rather than being able to stay inside.
In Asian countries many women want to be whiter and you'll struggle to find a tanning moisturiser for example, and instead you'll find bleaching ones. This is essentially because they want to look more like Western celebrities and also the same as our yonder years (ie a tan means you work outdoors in manual labour).
It's only seen as good by people who are utterly blind as to how silly these women look with their orangey hue.
Edit: Clearly I mean those with fake tan.
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I don't tan, you might be able to see it with a microscope if you look hard enough. /notginger
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I have a tan and I don't care what anyone thinks about it. I feel great.
Soldato
That's a common myth. Sunburn is a sign of damaged skin. A tan is a sign of the skin doing what it's bloody well supposed to, in response to sunlight exposure.
I say this as a ginger guy who can't tan.
I'm not ginger, but I don't really tan either. I burn first. The only time I look even slightly tanned is after the skin has stopped peeling off.
Soldato
1) Isn't it ironic(Alanis Morissette) that racism is caused by being too brown yet many people are trying to brown their skin.
I believe that racism isn't "caused by being brown" - it is also possible be racist against white people, for example!
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Thoroughbred Gingers don't, unless you call going bright red 'tanning'
Soldato
I seem to be descended from the Wild Men of the North, and thus turn lobster red at the slightest hint of a sunbeam.
Lol the wild men of the north, that Mr Hadrian couldn't conquer.
I think what he was saying is that most racism was against Black/Brown skinned people in the past.
Soldato
Still is in most of Asia, Koreans sell skin products with bleach in them even down to shaving foam (which made my dark brown stubbly face with blonde tips like really realy weird but i cant read much hangal so i didnt know it had bleach in it)
Its the same in Indonesia and the Philipines as well women activly avoid the sun.
My wife even made a comment to my brother about why did he want to look like he was poor after hed been on a sunbed last xmas (much to me creasing my self laughing)
I used to go red, this red eventually changes to brown if it doesnt get too red and peel off.
Ie like my forehead now. All dayer at the grand prix with no suncream or hat = sun burn
I saw a programme on TV a while back about how some Indian women try to bleach their skin as they believe it makes them more attractive.
Yeah, it seems that it's considered more attractive to have paler skin and a pointed nose in many in India