Fair Skin, Dark Skin, which do you prefer?
Jonathan White
Issue date: 10/26/09 Section: Features
A recent poll done at South Carolina State University, suggests that men find lighter skinned women more alluring, while women are the polar opposite, preferring darker men.
The results were taken from a sample of 50 men and 50 women. Thirty two out of the 50 men preferred the lighter skinned women and 36 out of 50 women preferred brown or dark-skinned men.
"I prefer light skinned women, because that's where it is in today's society," said Freshman Criminal Justice major Sir William Blanding.
What Blanding said is proving to be popular opinion. Conversations with male students reveal that preference is shown towards the type of women they see in the magazines or videos. It doesn't matter if it's a billboard, television commercial, magazine ad, or models, you will always see lighter skinned women.
In rapper Drake's "Every Girl in the World" hit song, he says he likes "long hair thick red bones." Even when you look at our Marching 101 Band Champagne Dancers, there are lighter skinned females.
So what's wrong with our darker skinned women? According to British news service Mail Online, men are attracted to lighter skinned women because the skin tone is associated with innocence, purity, modesty, virginity, vulnerability, and goodness.
"I would rather date a light skinned girl because they are the more confident women," said senior physical education major Randall Smith.
On the other hand women say they choose men with darker complexions because it is associated with sex, mystery, and danger. "I like to think of darker males as the guys who can protect me in the time of need, said freshman political science major, Brittany Brown. "Light skin men are the more sensitive guys."
Conversely darker males get attention for many other reasons. "I prefer dark-skinned men because I find some of them to look more distinguished and I love the richness of their complexions," said freshman criminal justice major Shaunterri Gantt.
The results were taken from a sample of 50 men and 50 women. Thirty two out of the 50 men preferred the lighter skinned women and 36 out of 50 women preferred brown or dark-skinned men.
"I prefer light skinned women, because that's where it is in today's society," said Freshman Criminal Justice major Sir William Blanding.
What Blanding said is proving to be popular opinion. Conversations with male students reveal that preference is shown towards the type of women they see in the magazines or videos. It doesn't matter if it's a billboard, television commercial, magazine ad, or models, you will always see lighter skinned women.
In rapper Drake's "Every Girl in the World" hit song, he says he likes "long hair thick red bones." Even when you look at our Marching 101 Band Champagne Dancers, there are lighter skinned females.
So what's wrong with our darker skinned women? According to British news service Mail Online, men are attracted to lighter skinned women because the skin tone is associated with innocence, purity, modesty, virginity, vulnerability, and goodness.
"I would rather date a light skinned girl because they are the more confident women," said senior physical education major Randall Smith.
On the other hand women say they choose men with darker complexions because it is associated with sex, mystery, and danger. "I like to think of darker males as the guys who can protect me in the time of need, said freshman political science major, Brittany Brown. "Light skin men are the more sensitive guys."
Conversely darker males get attention for many other reasons. "I prefer dark-skinned men because I find some of them to look more distinguished and I love the richness of their complexions," said freshman criminal justice major Shaunterri Gantt.
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Eric
posted 10/26/09 @ 10:06 PM EST
It always surprises me how the vestiges of racism manage to manifest themselves in society. What happened to unity and world-wide solidarity? What happened to judging people based on their character rather than the color of their skin? It is troubling that the same attitudes developed out of ignorance and racism so many years ago are resurfacing now. (Continued…)
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