As we all know - the Thai Nation - particularly the women - are obsessed with being white skinned.
You have black si dum skin means you are poor and work in the fields.
You have white si khao skin means that you are better off and dont work outside.
All of this is of course horse5hite - but is rammed down the throats of locals by non stop media hype, womens magazines / journals and TV presenters who resemble ghosts!
Just check out the number of adds for skin whiteners, whitening pills, skin scrubs and cosmetic surgery in Thai womens magazines - it's obscene!
The talc is applied as a cheap skin whitener + belief that it also protects from sunburn etc etc etc
Mrs. T stopped using it when she went to UK with me and realised that ther are an equally daft number of western females who spend fortunes trying to get the darker skin colour (Tan)
The winners of course are the cosmetics companies who should be deep fried in batter and served up with a huge dollop of chilli paste up their rear ends.
I feel better now.
