Is tanning your skin frequently a form of self hatred? I know many white people who want to stay tanned all the time because of their "pale" or "pasty" skin. Its like they are ashamed or something. I personally think pale skin looks pretty. People like to talk about how bleaching is self-hate within people of color (obviously there is a difference because this is caused by white supremacy and is more permanent) but is tanning constantly self-hate too? I mean you risk skin cancer and eye damage by doing this. Some people go overboard like the infamous Tan Mom



Not trying to sound shady just curious on people's feelings on the popularity of tanning.

No, it's appropriating brown culture. (You know the arabs/hispanics etc that are naturally tan and don't need to tan/bleach themselves)

No, but some of you should log off from ATRL from time to time tho

I seriously can't grasp why people like to tan. It's incredibly damaging to your skin. I also think you should accept your true skin colour.

Well, no, first of all since your skin will usually naturally tan. Bleaching is not natural. Sure, there are tanning beds, but the effect of tanning can still be obtained naturally.

Make-up, hair dye, trimming, shaving, etc. is not looked at as self-hate when used. No reason why tanning should.

It depends on why they're tanning

No wtf?

Is putting make-up on self-hate?

No. It looks good if done right

I've just got back from Fuerteventura and probably seen more wrinkly penises and saggy boobs on the beach getting a tan than Kim Kardashian has sucked dick

Yes, it doesn't happen often here in Britain where being pale is the norm, but I know some Aussie guys that couldn't live without tanning, there's clearly some deeper issue than just trying to look good

No. They tan so they can be associated with a higher social class. A class that goes on cruise ships to tropical islands and what not.
In England, white people fake-tan as a receipt to say that they just came back from Ibiza.

Member Since: 8/7/2015
Posts: 2,352

Hmm.. ok then



IDK why people are getting offended by the question. Tanning a lot is risky to your health and if you are constantly hiding your skin you are clearly insecure about it. Doesn't compare to putting on makeup at all, which one could argue people who never leave the house withut makeup might be insecure too but I'm sleep.

After getting jizzed on by 26 lads to get a free drink in a nightclub.

No

It doesn't mean you are insecure about your skin color. I am fine with my skin color, I simply prefer how I look with a bit of a tan.

It has always been the trend to look like the rich and famous.

In Europe it used to be the fashion to have pale skin, because the aristocracy lived indoors and the peasants worked in the fields and got a tan.

This really only changed in the 20th century when many of the poor had moved to the cities and worked in factories and office jobs and it was only the well off that could afford tropical vacations and outdoor leisure activities. Then it became fashionable to have a tan.