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Why are people so obsessed with skin?

I prefer the invisible parts.
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Because it's [i]visible[/i]. It is very first thing you see and the very first thing you pass judgement on. The invisible parts, well they're just harder to "see" and gain understanding of. They're not anywhere near as acessible to our way of thinking. Where skin is concrete, the invisible parts are open to interpretation.
We keep the invisible parts hidden, save for a special few. They are our greatest strengths in the right hands, and our biggest vulnerability and weakness in the wrong ones. We can be both.
People care about skin because it is what they (we) show. We judge and are judged. It is a literal and metaphorical protective shield and barrier to the world outside our mind and soul.