Talk:Human skin color/Archives/2009/May

CONTRADICTION

This article says that skin color is determined by a set of genes. Later, it says women have lighter skin than men. Since the genes are the same whether the person is male or female, the article contradicts itself, or at the very least, leaves out an additional determinant for skin color besides genes, one which is tied into gender.

Um, "gender" is "tied" to genes. JPotter 15:35, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

I think it means that a person's genes will affect the type of skin pigmentation; black, white, etc. but the gender will affect the degree of pigmentation within the different shades of skin.

-Tim-THobern 00:21, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Whether either statement is correct there is no actual contradiction between them. People are either male or female BECAUSE they have different genes, specifically either an X or Y chromosome. An X or Y chromosome is a bunch of genes. There are plenty of examples of traits that vary in frequency between the sexes and are also believed to be entirely genetic, forms of colour blindness and hemophilia for example. 80.229.27.11 (talk) 17:18, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

No contradiction. The lighter skin in females is related to their higher need of vitamin D during gestation. --Salsassin (talk) 17:38, 8 May 2009 (UTC)