Why are girls obsessed with being tan?

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Amused

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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Jahee
Because tanned girls are SEXY

thunder thighs!

WTF??? Her thighs are great. It's the big fake unatural tits that look awful. :(

she's a good sized gal,if her breasts were much smaller she'd look bottom heavy.

I just really dislike fake tits. They look and feel so unnatural. :(

And she's not big at all. She could easily get away with Bs or Cs. Those look ridiculous.
 

Geekbabe

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Jahee
Because tanned girls are SEXY

thunder thighs!

WTF??? Her thighs are great. It's the big fake unatural tits that look awful. :(

she's a good sized gal,if her breasts were much smaller she'd look bottom heavy.

I just really dislike fake tits. They look and feel so unnatural. :(

And she's not big at all. She could easily get away with Bs or Cs. Those look ridiculous.

she's not a petite 5 ft tall gal with a tiny rib cage

she's fairly wide shouldered and wide around the rib cage,much smaller and she'd be out of proprotion.
 

Amused

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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Jahee
Because tanned girls are SEXY

thunder thighs!

WTF??? Her thighs are great. It's the big fake unatural tits that look awful. :(

she's a good sized gal,if her breasts were much smaller she'd look bottom heavy.

I just really dislike fake tits. They look and feel so unnatural. :(

And she's not big at all. She could easily get away with Bs or Cs. Those look ridiculous.

she's not a petite 5 ft tall gal with a tiny rib cage

she's fairly wide shouldered and wide around the rib cage,much smaller and she'd be out of proprotion.

Naw, I gotta disagree with you. :)
 

Geekbabe

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Jahee
Because tanned girls are SEXY

thunder thighs!

WTF??? Her thighs are great. It's the big fake unatural tits that look awful. :(

she's a good sized gal,if her breasts were much smaller she'd look bottom heavy.

I just really dislike fake tits. They look and feel so unnatural. :(

And she's not big at all. She could easily get away with Bs or Cs. Those look ridiculous.

she's not a petite 5 ft tall gal with a tiny rib cage

she's fairly wide shouldered and wide around the rib cage,much smaller and she'd be out of proprotion.

Naw, I gotta disagree with you. :)


it's not all about the cup size... a C or even a B can look huge on a gal with a small frame but on a gal with a wider rib cage she can look like she's got 2 asprins on an ironing board
 

ColdFusion718

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In Eastern cultures, lighter skin is more desirable because it means that the person is better off. They are lighter because they aren't out working in the sun. My sister went to Vietnam and she said that all the people she spoke to prefer lighter skin.
 
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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Jahee
Because tanned girls are SEXY

thunder thighs!

WTF??? Her thighs are great. It's the big fake unatural tits that look awful. :(

she's a good sized gal,if her breasts were much smaller she'd look bottom heavy.

I just really dislike fake tits. They look and feel so unnatural. :(

And she's not big at all. She could easily get away with Bs or Cs. Those look ridiculous.

she's not a petite 5 ft tall gal with a tiny rib cage

she's fairly wide shouldered and wide around the rib cage,much smaller and she'd be out of proprotion.

Naw, I gotta disagree with you. :)


it's not all about the cup size... a C or even a B can look huge on a gal with a small frame but on a gal with a wider rib cage she can look like she's got 2 asprins on an ironing board

mmmmmmmm

asprins....*drooooooooooool*
 
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Lola

Originally posted by: sm8000

I was waiting for someone to post that :D

I knew a pair of girls in college (twins) that had the whole look - peroxide blonde with overdone January tans. I swear sometimes they had a purple hue, I think I heard they'd rub iodine on their skin before tanning.

ok, for real... i like being tan... i feel happier.">http://www.infinitemile.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5565</a>
Not too fake. no leather skin.
 

mugs

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Jahee
Because tanned girls are SEXY

thunder thighs!

WTF??? Her thighs are great. It's the big fake unatural tits that look awful. :(

she's a good sized gal,if her breasts were much smaller she'd look bottom heavy.

I just really dislike fake tits. They look and feel so unnatural. :(

And she's not big at all. She could easily get away with Bs or Cs. Those look ridiculous.

she's not a petite 5 ft tall gal with a tiny rib cage

she's fairly wide shouldered and wide around the rib cage,much smaller and she'd be out of proprotion.

Naw, I gotta disagree with you. :)

I'm with you. Way too big.
 

Amused

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Originally posted by: mugs

I'm with you. Way too big.

Well, if you're gonna agree with me about something finally, it may as well be about titties.
 

shortylickens

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Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
It's the same reason they obsess about weight and guys don't
It's the same reason they obsess about hair and guys don't
It's the same reason they obsess about makeup and guys don't
It's the same reason they obsess about clothes and (straight) guys don't

Women are obsessed about all aspects of their appearance because they're trained to. It's part DNA and part being besieged by the BS in Vogue, Cosmo and Glamour from a very early age.
Seriously, if they would just stop reading the god damn magazines they might be OK.

 

imported_hscorpio

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Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
It's a shift in societal conventions. Tanning represents affluence, either the ability to vacation in places where one can get a tan (and the requisite income that allows those vacations) or at the very least it shows that one has sufficient income to "waste" some of the income on tanning.

This is distinct from past periods when pale skin was considered to be the ideal as only the aristocracy could afford to keep out of the sun. Common folk had to labor outside and ended up with tanned skin, which was then associated with a lower-class status while being fair-complected denoted superior birth.

With the advent of the modern industrial economy that no longer needs the majority of its workers outdoors in the sun, the standard of beauty shifted from pale skin (since now almost everyone worked indoors and tans became uncommon) to being tan (since only people who are well-off now can afford to be tan).

Of course, if you were to ask a random person off the street, they'd just say that they think it looks "better". Most of the time these sorts of social mores are not consciously apparent.

ZV

Sounds good. Adding to this idea is the way the beach & surfing culture has been so popular since the mid 20th century. Everybody wants to be like the cool kids in southern california that have been trend setters in just about everything for the last few decades. Look at the surf clothing industry, its huge. Companies have been trying to bottle up and sell the 'essence' of orange county/LA youth culture to the rest of the world for a long time and a big part of that is being tan.

 

Gooberlx2

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Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
My GF is tanning right now as we speak. No pics, sorry :)
Now I am about as white and pasty as they come and couldn't care less about my skin color.

What's the deal?

I bet she cares.
 

Gooberlx2

Lifer
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Originally posted by: ColdFusion718
In Eastern cultures, lighter skin is more desirable because it means that the person is better off. They are lighter because they aren't out working in the sun. My sister went to Vietnam and she said that all the people she spoke to prefer lighter skin.

Aside from just the class system, I wonder if it's also because it's simply exotic to them.
 

Nik

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Originally posted by: LolaWiz
Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
mtv says so.

fake tanning is a typical indicator of American princess syndrome(APS).

NO ITS NOT.... being bitchy and stuck up is... having GUCCI plastered everywhere is... a lot of women like to tan.... that do not have APS. :roll:
I am here to stick up for the American Women that are not like that.

This post is the most ironic, most hilarious post in this thread.