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food_chronicles t1_jeb1e5l wrote

Reply to comment by artaig in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

Maybe in the developed world. In most of the developing/under developed world, some of the lowest paying jobs involve working outside (like manual laborers).

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William_Howard_Shaft t1_jebk0cw wrote

What?

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[deleted] t1_jebkhr1 wrote

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inimicali t1_jebpld4 wrote

It's not called a tan when is the natural color of the skin, but "latins" can get a tan and is called a tan.

I think you are the one with some weird ideas.

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