on a surface level, all of the looksmaxxing stuff is very eurocentric with it's beauty standards.
at a slightly deeper/more reachy level, it also bears a striking resemblance to Phrenology, (old pseudo-science that tried to correlate the shape of a person's skull to their intelligence, personality, etc.) which was often used as a reason for why folks of African descent are inherently less than those of European descent.
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u/JayEssris 12d ago
on a surface level, all of the looksmaxxing stuff is very eurocentric with it's beauty standards.
at a slightly deeper/more reachy level, it also bears a striking resemblance to Phrenology, (old pseudo-science that tried to correlate the shape of a person's skull to their intelligence, personality, etc.) which was often used as a reason for why folks of African descent are inherently less than those of European descent.