Surgery to Look "More Western"?

mom2collegekids
Wed, 25 May 2011 20:47:54 +0000

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The origin of caucasians tanning themselves? To look like you had plenty of leisure time to lay out in the sun, as opposed to working.*

Actually, the opposite was also true…to be “tanless” was to suggest that you were of a higher class and didn’t have to do any outdoor work.

*I guess a difference is that the stated purpose of this surgery is to make the person appear more like a race other than their own for some perceived benefit. *

Some might be saying that…but what about those who are just saying that they want their eyes to look bigger because they think bigger eyes are prettier?

I don’t think we should read too much into any of this in regards to adults making these choices (for kids, that’s another issue). Who is anyone to judge why an adult might make any of these choices for themselves. I know whites that want dreadlocks. What does that mean?

BTW…does the “second fold” ever develop with age. My SIL has never had this surgery, but as she approaches her mid 40s, she has developed a second fold. When you look at her wedding pic at 24, she didn’t have a second fold.