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It appears men fall for fair complexioned women , do you know
why? I said wondering about the news item I had read.
Well, the reasons are obvious , he observed without taking his
eyes off the tv serial he was watching intently.
What are they? I prompted him.
Don’t you think a light transparent skin is pleasing to the eye
and it also connotes innocence and purity of mind and heart? He
reasoned.
I expected you would say something like that
, you men can’t see beyond your nose and forget that like beauty
a fair skin also is superficial .Its like saying women clad in
spotlessly white clothes are a personification of purity, I said
remembering the play, “A Street Car named Desire” I had read in
college.
It is true, is it not? he affirmed.
Then does it mean that the hearts of dark
women are not pure and they are not innocent? I shot back.
Can’t say, for all I know they might be
harbouring a dark thought or two in their minds, he maintained.
You men are highly prejudiced and don’t
realize that appearances are deceptive and you cannot judge a
person’s character by the colour of his or her skin, I argued.
The same news item says women are attracted
to tall dark men , someone like the Mills and Boon hero , I said
.
That doesn’t surprise me, said he .
What do you think are the reasons for the
yardstick ( for measuring beauty ) being different for men and
women? Shouldn’t it be the same for both ? I asked unable to
understand the logic behind it.
Certain things can’t be explained, he said
after a long pause.
They certainly can, I asserted and I know
what I am talking. Have you noticed that very rarely do you find
a couple who are well matched in colour, height and weight ,
someone made for each other ? I said.
No, I don’t think I did, he parried.
Can you guess the reason for this? I quizzed.
I got a blank stare for an answer.
Well, the reason is simple. The “fact” is “
Unlike poles attract “ and “like poles repel .“ Attraction is
not skin deep for women unlike it is for you men, who blindly
fall for a fair complexion, I emphasized.
He appeared to ponder over what I said .
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