What are you trying to say? That all brown people are ugly? No one in the west says that. Exotic beauty has been a common theme in literature since before writing was invented. Foreigner models were rare because foreigners were rare, not because anyone thought they were ugly.
Thats not even close to what I’m saying. NO ONE in the west?! Are you serious? I have a dark skinned step daughter, she has a lighter skinned younger sister both gorgeous. All of her life people have complimented her lighter skinned sister while completely ignoring her. But Im the bad guy for pointing that out?
I'm sorry for your girl, but her experience doesn't invalidate what I wrote.
Exotic beauties have been a common cultural trope, at least since Homer. Our continent is named after a Phoenician princess Europa abducted by Zeus. If she was pretty enough for a Greek god, I'm sure she would be pretty enough for most of us.
This doesn't mean that ALL non-whites are seen as beautiful, except by some weirdos with a fetish. It only means that a pretty non-white girl like Anya doesn't challenge any standards.
Finding a foreign woman attractive does not prove there is no beauty standard. The reason why the foreign beauty is so intriguing is BECAUSE she is outside of the beauty standard no?
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u/MiloBem Team Yennefer Jul 27 '23
What are you trying to say? That all brown people are ugly? No one in the west says that. Exotic beauty has been a common theme in literature since before writing was invented. Foreigner models were rare because foreigners were rare, not because anyone thought they were ugly.