05-24-2008, 01:24 AM
Aww Apple, you're no fun...
Seriously though, from the perspective of a person living on the other side of the big pond, the notion is something that's easy to dismiss as offensive. But you should try telling that to the women here with nothing but the goal of getting fairer skin on their minds, and they would argue that it's their own personal choice to do so. It's no secret: a large number of Filipina women spend ungodly amounts of money on products that claim they can make skin whiter - Pond's, Nivea, trips to Dr. Vicky Belo - you name it, they've probably bought it. My own guess is that it's a Filipino culture thing to be sort of uncomfortable in your own skin. Especially when we get flooded all the time by images of Western predominant beauty.
I have to say though, I appreciate you saying something.
AppleHead Wrote:This is because such treatments pander to the notion that "whiter is more beautiful" and that glutathione is nothing short of a miracle drug. Healthy people don't need it because their cells produce it naturally. It's use as a supplement for a variety of treatments is well documented, however.
Seriously though, from the perspective of a person living on the other side of the big pond, the notion is something that's easy to dismiss as offensive. But you should try telling that to the women here with nothing but the goal of getting fairer skin on their minds, and they would argue that it's their own personal choice to do so. It's no secret: a large number of Filipina women spend ungodly amounts of money on products that claim they can make skin whiter - Pond's, Nivea, trips to Dr. Vicky Belo - you name it, they've probably bought it. My own guess is that it's a Filipino culture thing to be sort of uncomfortable in your own skin. Especially when we get flooded all the time by images of Western predominant beauty.
I have to say though, I appreciate you saying something.
"Let's fight... like gentlemen." - Dudley, SF3
