Re: Do Pakistani's have a dark skin complex???
The desire to be considered lovely is not something that will ever go away. And yes, the majority of Desis I've met consider fair skin to be more desirable. As a gori, I grew up baking myself in the sun to get darker - no sunscreen just baby oil - and now I pay the price of premature wrinkles, moles and freckles galore and the worry of skin cancer. Just as those who seek to lighten their skin will worry. I guess the grass is always greener yeah? But the most mature of us will simply seek healthy skin with even tone. NOTHING beats the beauty of glowing, healthy skin no matter what its color. And as far as attractiveness, there is nothing more lovely than a gal who has confidence in herself and a cheerful disposition. And thats true whether its in the company of females OR males. EVERYONE admires those who truly live and exude those traits. Skin color only goes so far yeah? A serene, happy and beautiful personality on a crisply shining clean person can out-do even a supermodel as far as being seen as attractive.
I worked with a woman who (if you looked carefully) was quite honestly one of the ugliest people I'd ever seen. Her lower jaw was way too small, her upper was way too big with buck teeth, her eyes were tiny with the kind of flaps that Greta VanSusteren had. Yet she was gorgeous. She dressed to the nines. She smelled like a garden out of heaven. She was so very physically fit, not an extra ounce of fat anywhere on her. And she was proud, cheerful, confident and comfortable in her own skin. She advanced rapidly in her career and she loved her life because she loved herself. That counts so very much more than where on the rainbow your skin color happens to be.