Seriously subreddits like “Indian Facebook” are pretty friggin racist and allowed to do openly for some people odd reason. It’s literally just anglicized whites trying to put posts up that frame Indians as sexy crazed imbeciles obsessed with white women and then laughing about said posts amongst each other. I’m lucky I’m a Jew, they haven’t been paying much attention to us lately. Also, how the hell is it allowed? Shit isn’t borderline racist, it is racist in some posts
Really just shit lord as hell.
Altho tbh there is a ton of misogyny in India today. Plus a lot of sexual repression due to conservative values and shit like that. So when a white woman is walking a busy street, all the dudes just stare at her with no sense of shame or whatever. So it's a weird situation for sure, but no excuse for the racist jokes. Plus the fucking Hindu nationalist shit isn't helping because it maintains male dominance. I have relatives who are straight up Hindu nationalists and proud of it. It sucks...
In TERF island during last election there were a surprising amount of Labour supporters who just as enthusiastically supported Modi. It was weird.
Yeah India does have a lot of issues with misogyny. I have distant family there too. It’s especially dangerous/unheard of for women to travel or live alone in some parts. It doesn’t look like the social conservatism will go anywhere in the near future, especially in the rural parts where most people live.
...but the white women staring also originates from colonial beauty standards. Even to this day the biggest Indian celebrities (cricketers and actors) endorse and advertise skin lightening products, bleach their skin etc. Most of Indian film history was dominated by white passing actors with very pale skin and dark skin was used for comic relief/portray evil etc. Rich families arrange marriages for their kids with people with whiter skin tones. It’s wild.
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Is it possible that you could explain where some of this comes from?
Which part specifically?
Ive dealt with a few guys who absolutely refuse to take orders from women, despite those women being obviously better trained than them. But theyll take the orders from me, despite being far less trained on the same equipment.
In my opinion it's no different than the standard misogyny/sexism in the western countries. I think this person summarizes it well:
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Indian-men-stare-at-women-so-intensely?share=1
Fair enough. Ive never thought of how conservative views could affect someone to that point.
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