# No pantyhose or stockings....white legs... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862 "2007-07-23T17:44:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/81 "2012-01-30T18:51:19Z")
I’ve thought about trying the fake tan lotion on my feet to even them up. Maybe I’ll give it a try this summer. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/82 "2012-01-30T21:00:38Z")
Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d utter: Thank you, Kate Middleton! I think the “pantyhose are passé” thing is total bullshit, and I’ll wear them as much as I like, thankyewverymuch. ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/83 "2012-01-31T14:09:09Z")
I have never, never understood the issue with white legs. White arms are okay, white facial skin is okay, but white legs are somehow too hideous to burden the rest of society with. I don’t mean to criticize **TroubleAgain** , if you’re still around 5 years after starting this thread - it just annoys me that this idea is so pervasive in American society for some reason. Today everyone seems to be so accepting of differences - you hear many people saying that all body sizes and shapes are beautiful, but then we turn around and say, “All skin colors are beautiful, except for the really, really pale ones.” I hate wearing pantyhose. In the winter I wear tights because it’s too cold to go without, but for the rest of the year I go bare-legged. And I wear skirts and dresses all the time. If people are repulsed by my pale legs, then I don’t give a shit. I like being pale. It suits me, going well with my hair and eye colors. I have never been to a tanning booth or used self-tanner. And if someone were to ever comment negatively about my skin color, then they are the ones being the asshole, not me. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/84 "2012-01-31T15:01:42Z")
Life is too short to worry about crap like this, in my opinion. Do what you feel like doing. Personally, sometimes I wear them, most times, I don’t. Just depends how I’m feeling. Yes, I sometimes have bruises, either I wear hose or sometimes, I just use a little makeup to cover them up. Bottle bronzer? No thanks, not for me, but to each their own. (Also, I would like to point out, that your pale skin is, in fact the ‘alabaster complexion’ that inspired so many 17th century sonnets. Be proud!) ---
**Author:** ![Flawless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Flawless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flawless)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/85 "2012-02-01T07:31:41Z")
Here is the pic of me and my white legs and they even whiter in the sun light [http://www.flawlesstiling.net.au/my\_white\_legs.html](http://www.flawlesstiling.net.au/my_white_legs.html) What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/86 "2012-02-01T12:41:10Z")
I can’t tell where your legs end and the door begins! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/87 "2012-02-01T16:51:54Z")
Those are pretty white. Nothing wrong with that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flawless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Flawless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flawless)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/88 "2012-02-02T00:37:22Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Those are pretty white. Nothing wrong with that. 🙂 Yes Im pretty white lol. As with the rest of my body is as white as my legs apart from my arms and face as I wear t-shirts almost all year round. I get burnt very easy so I always use sunscreen and avoid long periods in the sun. But i have no problem wearing shorts and showing off my white legs. My wife is asian so naturally she has a dark skin tone so we contrast each other quite a bit. Just because someone has white legs its not a reason to be shy and hide them away . ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/89 "2012-02-02T02:01:15Z")
You guys ought to live here in the Seattle area. Along about July 15 when it finally warms up, the ultra white legs showing under the first shorts of the season are almost blinding. Need dark glasses, we do. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/90 "2012-02-02T02:17:00Z")
I’m one of those folks who wears hose (depending on the skirt) because I think it’s classy. But I could just be a young fuddy duddy. Or maybe not. I noticed some other girls at work gave it a whirl a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Flawless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Flawless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flawless)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/91 "2012-02-02T09:09:07Z")
I decided to put up some more picture of me in the day light. Its funny when I hear alot of people go on about how pale their skin is and if they should show it or not, but most are not that white at all . Their legs may be just lighter than their other parts . There are alot of other people around that have really white skin like mine and most of them are very shy to expose their white skin. for me I don’t care anymore and show off my white skin all the time. I don’t mean to say that white skin is better than tanned skin because its not . Tanned people look good but I think people with really white skin look good also. [http://www.flawlesstiling.net.au/my\_white\_legs.html](http://www.flawlesstiling.net.au/my_white_legs.html) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/92 "2012-02-02T11:13:48Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > That’s what I do. I’m a redhead, I don’t tan at all but I decided, I don’t care, I’m gonna wear what I want anyway. I wear skirts and heels without hose everyday.\*\* I figure getting worked up over pale skin is just as bad as an African-American person being embarassed because she’s too dark.\*\* ^ This. I find it offensive that where it’s considered OK for a woman to bare her legs without hose pale skin is considered unacceptable. It’s racist, just as racist as commenting upon/insisting on covering dark skin. Likewise, telling someone who have very pale skin they should darken it because otherwise they look ill is just as bad as telling someone with dark skin they should bleach it because otherwise they look dirty. If someone has very pale skin that is what color that person is. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/93 "2012-02-02T11:21:21Z")
> [@I\_m\_Ron\_Burgundy](#): > > Seriously, where do so many women get the idea that there’s always something wrong with their appearance? Mostly, I think it’s other women. You know how men can get competitive and turn everything into a contest? Women snark at each other as a form of competition. It’s been my experience that women are far more critical of other women than men are. ---
**Author:** ![Flawless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Flawless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flawless)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/94 "2012-02-02T11:39:28Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > ^ This. > > I find it offensive that where it’s considered OK for a woman to bare her legs without hose pale skin is considered unacceptable. It’s racist, just as racist as commenting upon/insisting on covering dark skin. > > Likewise, telling someone who have very pale skin they should darken it because otherwise they look ill is just as bad as telling someone with dark skin they should bleach it because otherwise they look dirty. > > If someone has very pale skin that is what color that person is. Deal with it. That was well said broomstick. I have been told to get a tan or a fake tan on ,or told just dont wear shorts but its my color. as you can see from my pictures my skin is very white I used to hide myself for years but I guess now that Im getting older I dont seem to worry about it anymore I like being white and even if i could get a tan i would prefer to stay white. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/95 "2012-02-02T17:29:19Z")
**Flawless,** I was kind of afraid to scroll down in that series of pictures, as you seemed to be shedding clothes from one picture to the next…🙂 I totally agree - I have pinkish-beige skin, and it’s nothing to hide or be ashamed of. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/96 "2012-02-02T17:46:58Z")
I practically glow in the dark and wear what I want…don’t let it bother you. ---
**Author:** ![Flawless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Flawless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flawless)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862/97 "2012-02-03T07:37:42Z")
What color shorts do you think would go best with my white legs? Any opinions? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pantyhose-or-stockings-white-legs/412862.md?page=4)