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As a matter of fact, it doesn't even have to be a dark-skinned girl, but maybe a girl who just isn't conventionally attractive or the type that your peers would want from you.

I understand that dark-skinned women aren't everyone's type. (I understand that there are studies that explicitly state that men have a natural biological attraction to lighter women predominantly.) But I also can't help but wonder sometimes if those preferences are not just natural but also nurtured or shaped socially by male peer groups.

Growing up as a dark skin girl, I remember having a lot of experiences with different men of different races being very attracted to me but almost seemingly embarrassed to be attracted to me at the same time or scared to be attracted to me in front of their family/friends. I'm wondering if one of those reasons was because they were afraid that their friends/family would have bullied or ostracized them for that.

It seems like there's this almost unwritten social mandate, largely manufactured by certain men, for men to participate in celebrating not being attracted to dark-skinned women and those men in particular also like to push this idea onto their peers as the standard/ way of thinking for success and status.

For example this attitude of: "If you date dark-skinned women, you're not successful or a loser in my eyes, get a white girl and then we can talk" type of situation.

There are also negative stereotypes about dark-skinned women being masculine, obese, unfeminine, mean, that certain men like to perpetuate further in order to pressure their friends and family into not being with a dark-skinned woman, even if dark-skinned women aren't all like these negative caricatures that they paint of them in real life.

So, as a question for the men of GAG: Have you ever been peer-pressured by your male friends into not pursuing or liking a dark-skinned girl or a girl that your friends didn't approve of?

America Wants the Lions to Beat the 49ers and Go on to Win the Super Bowl

It’s always Detroit Vs. Everybody, but for now, everybody seems to be with Detroit…or at least the Detroit Lions.

The country knows of the city’s struggles over the decades, and its story of resiliency and resurgence. And people around the country also know that the city’s professional football team has struggled in a significant way, too.

The Lions are in the midst of a historic run right now, though, putting together the franchise’s best season since it last won a championship in 1957. The Lions hosted and won a playoff game for the first time since the 1991 season, and this is the first season ever that the Lions have hosted and won two playoff games in the same season. Basically, for fans under the age of 70, this is the most successful season they’ve ever witnessed the Lions play.

But for some reason, the majority of the country wants to see the Lions in the Super Bowl. According to a recent poll by BetOnline, more than 80 percent of the people polled want to see Detroit beat the San Francisco 49ers in this Sunday’s NFC Championship game and advance to the Super Bowl. If the Lions beat the 49ers, it would be the first time the Lions have made it to a Super Bowl.