[Quiana]

I feel like every racial group has an ‘ideal’ of what it means for a women to be beautiful.I’m not condoning this way of thought but it does exists in each culture although we don’t talk about it. For instance, I feel like white men have a fixation with breasts & blonde hair- case in point, Pam Anderson, Britany Spears,Heather Lockwood and all the women on the Bachleor t.v show etc. That ideal is constantly being promoted in magazines & movies etc. So guess what? Over time that ‘look’ is defined as what is beautiful. And women began to unfortunately strive for that look in order to attract men (although that is usually done unconciously) The same thing has happened with Black men- they have a ‘standard’ beauty – often you will hear them say they like women who are thick- this means women who have curves, often times that equates a women with a large butt. And plus think about what you heard about what was ‘beautiful’ from your male friends and family- those comments that you hear growing up can sometimes shape what you think when you grow up. So many Black men have heard their peers & family say – wow look at her butt & over time that is what they begin to associate with feminine beauty

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Name : Quiana, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 25, City : Chicago, State : IL, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, 

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