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2022-07-18

Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila

Diferencias Generacionales y de Género en la Percepción del Atractivo del Color de Piel por Parte de los Filipinos en Metro Manila

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https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v31n2.100516

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Filipino esteem for the lighter skin color, gender variation, generational variation, skin colors, sociocultural psychology (en)
color de piel, psicología sociocultural, valoración filipina del color de piel, variación de género, género, variación generacional (es)

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  • Monica Renee Policarpio De La Salle University
  • Jeconiah Louis Dreisbach De La Salle University
  • Ana Grace R. Masalunga De La Salle University
  • Arvir Redondo De La Salle University
  • Feorillo Petronilo A. Demeterio III De La Salle University

Filipinos are said to have high esteem for the lighter skin complexion, and lower esteem for the darker one. By manipulating the skin colors some digitally created photographs of non-existent models, this paper empirically and quantitatively explored this Filipino attitude by surveying 527 respondents from Metro Manila, the metropolitan capital of the Philippines. This research was able to validate the Filipinos’ higher esteem for lighter skin complexion in general. However, generational variation was detected in the sense that Generation x respondents have a higher esteem for the lighter skin complexion, while Generation z respondents no longer have. Furthermore, gender variation was also detected in the sense male respondents have a wider divergence on how they highly esteem the lighter skin complexion against the darker one, compared to their female counterparts. This paper is significant in empirically documenting this Filipino esteem for the lighter skin color, as well as in pointing out that such esteem is shaped by generational and gender variations among the respondents.

Se dice que los filipinos tienen una mayor estima por la tez de piel más clara y una menor estima por la más oscura. Mediante la manipulación del color de la piel de algunas fotografías de modelos inexistentes (creados digitalmente), este artículo exploró empírica y cuantitativamente la actitud filipina hacia el color de piel. A través de una encuesta a 527 personas de Metro Manila, la capital metropolitana de Filipinas. Esta investigación validó en general una mayor estima de los filipinos por la tez de piel más clara en. Sin embargo, se detectó una variación generacional en el sentido de que los encuestados de la Generación x tienen una mayor estima por la tez de piel más clara, mientras que los encuestados de la Generación z ya no la tienen. También se detectó una variación de género en el sentido de que los encuestados masculinos tienen una divergencia más amplia sobre cómo estiman el atractivo de la piel más clara frente a la más oscura, en comparación con sus contrapartes femeninas. Esta investigación documenta empíricamente la supuesta estima filipina por el color de piel más claro, y seña señala como dicha estima está determinada por las variaciones generacionales y de género entre los encuestados.

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Policarpio, M. R., Dreisbach, J. L., Masalunga, A. G. R., Redondo, A. and Demeterio III, F. P. A. (2022). Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 31(2), 93–104. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v31n2.100516

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Policarpio, M.R., Dreisbach, J.L., Masalunga, A.G.R., Redondo, A. and Demeterio III, F.P.A. 2022. Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila. Revista Colombiana de Psicología. 31, 2 (Jul. 2022), 93–104. DOI:https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v31n2.100516.

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Policarpio, M. R.; Dreisbach, J. L.; Masalunga, A. G. R.; Redondo, A.; Demeterio III, F. P. A. Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila. Rev. colomb. psicol. 2022, 31, 93-104.

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POLICARPIO, M. R.; DREISBACH, J. L.; MASALUNGA, A. G. R.; REDONDO, A.; DEMETERIO III, F. P. A. Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, [S. l.], v. 31, n. 2, p. 93–104, 2022. DOI: 10.15446/rcp.v31n2.100516. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/100516. Acesso em: 22 jan. 2025.

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Policarpio, Monica Renee, Jeconiah Louis Dreisbach, Ana Grace R. Masalunga, Arvir Redondo, and Feorillo Petronilo A. Demeterio III. 2022. “Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila”. Revista Colombiana De Psicología 31 (2):93-104. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v31n2.100516.

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Policarpio, M. R., Dreisbach, J. L., Masalunga, A. G. R., Redondo, A. and Demeterio III, F. P. A. (2022) “Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila”, Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 31(2), pp. 93–104. doi: 10.15446/rcp.v31n2.100516.

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M. R. Policarpio, J. L. Dreisbach, A. G. R. Masalunga, A. Redondo, and F. P. A. Demeterio III, “Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila”, Rev. colomb. psicol., vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 93–104, Jul. 2022.

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Policarpio, M. R., J. L. Dreisbach, A. G. R. Masalunga, A. Redondo, and F. P. A. Demeterio III. “Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila”. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, vol. 31, no. 2, July 2022, pp. 93-104, doi:10.15446/rcp.v31n2.100516.

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Policarpio, Monica Renee, Jeconiah Louis Dreisbach, Ana Grace R. Masalunga, Arvir Redondo, and Feorillo Petronilo A. Demeterio III. “Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila”. Revista Colombiana de Psicología 31, no. 2 (July 18, 2022): 93–104. Accessed January 22, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/100516.

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Policarpio MR, Dreisbach JL, Masalunga AGR, Redondo A, Demeterio III FPA. Generational and Gender Differences on the Perception of the Attractiveness of the Darker Skin Complexion by Filipinos in Metro Manila. Rev. colomb. psicol. [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 18 [cited 2025 Jan. 22];31(2):93-104. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/100516

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