I've also heard people say that they feel that lighter-skinned big people look more vulgar somehow. Like, seeing Queen Latifah in a body-hugging, cleavage-baring dress is no big deal, but put the same dress on Christina Hendricks, who has a rack of similar generous proportions, and suddenly people think she may as well be walking around naked.
That's interesting, and I hadn't thought about it before. Perhaps darker skin is visually/mentally perceived as a kind of 'clothing' or covering, at the very least?
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Date: 2010-03-08 04:31 pm (UTC)That's interesting, and I hadn't thought about it before. Perhaps darker skin is visually/mentally perceived as a kind of 'clothing' or covering, at the very least?