Comments on: White (Wo)Man’s Burden? http://www.buggedout.org/2007/05/19/white-womans-burden/ Are You Buggin' Out Yet? Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:12:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anonymous http://www.buggedout.org/2007/05/19/white-womans-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Anonymous Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:51:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/white-womans-burden/#comment-255 That's pretty freaky. I'm in complete accord: I'm black & white and my complexion is much akin to that of any medium toned Puerto Rican out there (almost all of my tenants think I'm PR at least). 5 years ago, my white boyfriend had a bedbug problem we didn't know about until after I'd seen 3 doctors and a dermatologist (they're doctors, too--didn't mean to demean their position), and even they didn't diagnose it--I did.<br/><br/>Anyway, I'm latte coloured and my boyfriend was casper milktoast white. For some reason, he didn't even get bitten by these little hell-sprites--just me. I didn't have so much redness as I had welts, but he didn't have anything at all. The pigment, therefore, at least in our case, plays no role whatsoever. In fact, it might have even made me more delicious, because he didn't seem to get bitten by them at all. That’s pretty freaky. I’m in complete accord: I’m black & white and my complexion is much akin to that of any medium toned Puerto Rican out there (almost all of my tenants think I’m PR at least). 5 years ago, my white boyfriend had a bedbug problem we didn’t know about until after I’d seen 3 doctors and a dermatologist (they’re doctors, too–didn’t mean to demean their position), and even they didn’t diagnose it–I did.

Anyway, I’m latte coloured and my boyfriend was casper milktoast white. For some reason, he didn’t even get bitten by these little hell-sprites–just me. I didn’t have so much redness as I had welts, but he didn’t have anything at all. The pigment, therefore, at least in our case, plays no role whatsoever. In fact, it might have even made me more delicious, because he didn’t seem to get bitten by them at all.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buggedout.org/2007/05/19/white-womans-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Anonymous Mon, 28 May 2007 11:40:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/white-womans-burden/#comment-254 I would agree with Nobugs. <br/><br/>I am darker skinned than my boyfriend. I have visible bites but he doesn't.<br/><br/>I think he's being bitten but isn't reacting. I would agree with Nobugs.

I am darker skinned than my boyfriend. I have visible bites but he doesn’t.

I think he’s being bitten but isn’t reacting.

]]> By: nobugs http://www.buggedout.org/2007/05/19/white-womans-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-253 nobugs Mon, 21 May 2007 23:48:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/white-womans-burden/#comment-253 Hello!<br/><br/>Interesting--I don't have any data about race, but that's partly because most of the sufferers I know are known to me on the internet so I have no idea of their race :-)<br/><br/>My hunch is that men are less likely to react to bites, or be allergic to bites (and possibly even less likely to be bitten) than women. Of the people who come on Bedbugger, women often say the men they live with aren't bitten. Men are more likely to say they aren't reacting to bites and their female partners/relatives are.<br/><br/>I wonder if that's consistent with your experiences too? Hello!

Interesting–I don’t have any data about race, but that’s partly because most of the sufferers I know are known to me on the internet so I have no idea of their race :-)

My hunch is that men are less likely to react to bites, or be allergic to bites (and possibly even less likely to be bitten) than women. Of the people who come on Bedbugger, women often say the men they live with aren’t bitten. Men are more likely to say they aren’t reacting to bites and their female partners/relatives are.

I wonder if that’s consistent with your experiences too?

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