Besides western beauty standards, having paler skin in general has been a class signifier that you were rich enough that you did not have to work out in the fields. Also in-part why parasols were popular.
Yes. Field hands would work out in the sun all day while rich assholes would sit inside. This tended to mean that poor people had darker skin than nobles. In other cultures you see similar manifestations of this. For example, some places consider having long fingernails to be a status symbol because working in agriculture tended to result in people's nails getting broken or naturally filed down if they were too long.
Besides western beauty standards, having paler skin in general has been a class signifier that you were rich enough that you did not have to work out in the fields. Also in-part why parasols were popular.
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Yes. Field hands would work out in the sun all day while rich assholes would sit inside. This tended to mean that poor people had darker skin than nobles. In other cultures you see similar manifestations of this. For example, some places consider having long fingernails to be a status symbol because working in agriculture tended to result in people's nails getting broken or naturally filed down if they were too long.
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I never got that one; I always thought it was so fucking stupid. She just has regular ass hands.
And blue blood as well, no? On pale person you can see their blue veins.
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