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But it's not just Nigerian women
Black women are seen as less attractive than women of other nationalities across the world.
Certain facial features make us seem less attractive, even in the sex trade/prostitution according to this chart from the @TheEconomist https://twitter.com/MrOdanz/status/1304690107321114624
Black women are seen as less attractive than women of other nationalities across the world.
Certain facial features make us seem less attractive, even in the sex trade/prostitution according to this chart from the @TheEconomist https://twitter.com/MrOdanz/status/1304690107321114624
I think one of the biggest issues is hair. Afro hair isn't seen around the world as attractive. Its seen as dry/frizzled and ugly.
Hence the protests in South Africa, highlighting an issue that black women have struggled with for decades https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/09/11/africa/tresemme-clicks-ad-south-africa/index.html?__twitter_impression=true
Hence the protests in South Africa, highlighting an issue that black women have struggled with for decades https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/09/11/africa/tresemme-clicks-ad-south-africa/index.html?__twitter_impression=true
Then there is the issue of skin colour. The most "attractive" women in Africa are those that look the most European. Ethiopian women have lighter skin and slimmer noses.
This is a much more internationally accepted aesthetic
This is a much more internationally accepted aesthetic
Lighter skin is associated with success
Lighter skinned women even get shorter jail sentences
I wrote about it in my article for @CNN here: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/15/health/banning-bleaching-products-in-africa/index.html
Lighter skinned women even get shorter jail sentences
I wrote about it in my article for @CNN here: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/15/health/banning-bleaching-products-in-africa/index.html
This study had to be taken down. But psychology actually collected data to show that black women are objectively the least physically attractive of any ethnicity https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/psychology-today-apologizes-black-women-less-attractive-article/351205/
Data from dating apps almost shows that based on profile pictures alone. Black women are the least desirable of any race. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2018/01/09/260833/least-desirable-how-racial-discrimination-plays-out-in-online-dating/attachment/in-2014-user-data-on-okcupid-showed-that-most-men-on-the-site-rated-black-women-as-less-attractive-than-women-of-other-races-and-ethnicities-that-resonated-with-ari-curtis-28-and-inspired-her-blog/
Now combine this with the fact that black women, especially Nigerian women, tend to be very well educated and career orientated.
Knowing that the wealthier and more successful a woman is the less desirable she becomes for marriage....
Knowing that the wealthier and more successful a woman is the less desirable she becomes for marriage....
Its obvious that @MrOdanz point is true. But just maybe not for the reasons he thinks.
Lets not also forget the data about intimate partner violence
Nearly 1 in 4 women in Nigeria have experienced violence in their relationships at the hands of Nigerian men. Some of the worst stats in the world. https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-018-0628-7
Nearly 1 in 4 women in Nigeria have experienced violence in their relationships at the hands of Nigerian men. Some of the worst stats in the world. https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-018-0628-7
According to Reuters, Nigeria is the 9th most DANGEROUS place in the world to be a woman https://poll2018.trust.org
There are facts & stats beyond.the bants that paint a pretty ugly picture of what being female in Nigeria is like.
Child marriage, maternal death,domestic violence, oppressive inheritance laws and systematic discrimination exist beyond the bants.
Black women are considered undesirable/ugly ,are more likely to experience domestic violence& are more likely to die during childbirth
They experience racism in the workplace abroad/sexism the work place in Africa.
They experience racism in the workplace abroad/sexism the work place in Africa.
We can laugh at the bants and I have/will. But the stats tell a different story.
