Why do Japanese men like crooked teeth?
Women look healthier
Women look youthful
Women look smarter
What does a long neck show?
Exaggerate a woman´s features to attract attention
Show the economic power of the woman
Show your family origin
Where can you see face tatoos and what were they for?
Tanzania as an example of bravery
Australia as a way to scare enemies
New Zealand as a symbol of transition from boyhood
• Why did women bind their feet in China?
Women did it to show they were good mothers
Wealthy women did it to show they could afford not to work.
Women did it because society didn´t like big feet
• Where is obesity beautiful? What illnesses does it imply?
Mauritania. Diabetes, high pressure and heart diseases.
Egypt. Cancer and diabetes
China. Diabetes and tuberculosis
• What do women in Iran do?
Lighten their skin
Breast surgeries
Nose surgeries.
• What are long earlobes signs of?
Beauty and wisdom.
Wealth
Motherhood
• What do Ethiopian women have to do to stretch their lower lips?
They have to extract their two lower front teeth.
Put a dish inside their lips
Extract all their teeth
• Name health problems related to skin bleaching (aclarado, como con lejía)
Skin cancer
Candida (fungus) and permanent discoloration.
Permanent pain
