Going back a few posts, I think that the differences of the relationship between beauty and tanned skin has to do with time and the general situations during that time. For example, years ago, tanned skin was not considered beautiful because people, especially the wealthy, could afford to not work outside at all. Therefore, tanned skin was a symbol of a lifestyle of hard labor. Now, the majority of people do have jobs. Therefore, tanned skin is a symbol of the time and/or money one can afford not to have, a lifestyle of leisure. I also believe that being able to show other people your tanned skin is mostly why it is a symbol of leisure. For example, even if a construction worker does get tanned skin, it does not seem like a symbol of leisure if the person is not able or does not care to take the time to show it off. Also, the tanned skin thing seems to matter more in this sense when applied to females more than males. Just putting some more thoughts out there...
(Mary Quien)
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