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Why do we blush when we see naked white members of the opposite sex, but don't at naked indigenous peoples? In Anthropology class we watched several videos of indigenous Africans completely naked with women's breasts completely exposed and men's penis' uncovered. Nobody would bat an eye, and when the video was over we would have a profound, intellectual discussion about their culture. I'm trying to grow as a human being. I want to know why I feel this way. / Apparently our branch of humanity (Cro-Magnon, I believe) originated in Africa and migrated around the world. Apparently a gene test can confirm Africa was our first home. So, what is it about naked white human beings that elicits embarrassment in me, and naked African natives not? I'll give my view. I'm going to be candid. When I would watch those National Geographic videos, I didn't find myself the least bit attracted to any of the women. They were matronly, not lovely. If they'd been hot, I would have felt the heat rush to my face and felt embarrassed I was being a voyeur. They weren't, so it was school. / He who asks no questions... | Maybe this is my age speaking, or maybe it's just my education? But I don't blush at anyone naked anymore, man or woman, white, black or brown. Now thinking about seeing any "traditional cultures" either by video or in real life as I have many times, there is definitely a cultural seperation that inhibits seeing these other cultures as sexual objects, but I can also say from my own personal experiences in africa that women who live "traditionally" tend to have guyren quickly after reaching puberty such that the time frame for them looking "sexy" is quite short lived mostly for lack of using bras and the hard labour intensive lifestyle that many of these woman maintain, especially after giving birth. That also acts as an impedence on triggering a sexual embarasment as well. Now personally, I'm very attracted to black women, so if I were to blush a naked black women should be better at getting me there then a naked white women if sexual preference were the prime criteria. The problem with the video or real life, however, is that it is not just the colour of their skin. The cultural differences actually play a much more significant part in telling your mind that this is not an appropriate mate and henceforth not to feel inclined to blush. It is also important to note that embarasment is not just a one sided affair. The women in the video that you watched are used to displaying their breasts within their culture. Typically in these cultures it is the thighs that are innappropriate to display, not their breasts. As of such their body language is not one that makes you feel like you are seeing something forbidden as it is in most white cultures and this suppresses any tendancy to blush. For the sake of argument it could be asked that if there were a women of the appropriate age such that she still looked sexy to you, but instead of seeing just her breasts you accidently walked in on her when she was changing into her traditional skirt and you saw the side of her leg from her hip to her knee. She, however, would now feel as though you had seen her innapropriately and would send you body language that would convey her embarrasment. Reading these new inputs you may suddenly find yourself blushing! You might even find yourself blushing even if she were not beautiful simply because the body language would convey the message that you have crossed a line and that may be enough to bring on the red. Alternatively, go to a beach on the French Mediterranean where the culture there finds it quite acceptable for women of all ages to walk around topless. You may suddenly find yourself feeding off of their confidence and enjoying the view without blushing despite immense amounts of attraction. Their acceptance of the situation might quickly make you realise that you are not partaking in anything "special" or "forbidden" with these lovely white women, hence no need to blush. If your mom decided to partake in the freedom of the French Mediterranean, however, you might suddenly feel inclined to blush again!
To summarize, it is culture and body language which produce the embarrasment that brings on blushing, not the colour of ones skin, nor necessarily how attractive you see them. |
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