Right. That sounds very similar to the mainstream beauty standards in America, where I'm from - which came in turn from Europe, a continent that colonized America, and, from what I've gathered seems pretty similar to Fodlan.
There's an issue we talk about in my world involving "Eurocentric" beauty standards - ideas of what is attractive or appealing that are based on European/white features and cultural standards, and treat those standards as the default, or "normal" idea of what is attractive.
All this to say, I suspect Fodlan has much the same problem. Even outside of Faerghus, outside of the issue of more overt forms of racism, most people there will have learned a very specific standard for what is "attractive". They may consider features "coarse" that people outside Fodlan - and a handful of those within the continent whose standards aren't quite so steeped in the cultural hegemony - would see as sturdy and well-defined.
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There's an issue we talk about in my world involving "Eurocentric" beauty standards - ideas of what is attractive or appealing that are based on European/white features and cultural standards, and treat those standards as the default, or "normal" idea of what is attractive.
All this to say, I suspect Fodlan has much the same problem. Even outside of Faerghus, outside of the issue of more overt forms of racism, most people there will have learned a very specific standard for what is "attractive". They may consider features "coarse" that people outside Fodlan - and a handful of those within the continent whose standards aren't quite so steeped in the cultural hegemony - would see as sturdy and well-defined.