Visano, Livy A.2016-11-252016-11-252016-03-022016-11-25http://hdl.handle.net/10315/32664This thesis examines implications attached to skin colour, and will examine how shadeism effects societies, gender, and social standing, and how it is attached to skin colour. As well, it explores the effects of societies on women and how this plays in their social standing. In exploring shadeism, this study found it is not only an outgrowth of colonialism but also can be seen within religions and history. This research project questions the roots of shadeism, as many at this academic juncture correlate the perpetuation of this issue from the beginning of colonialismenAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.ReligionElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2016-11-25SociologyReligionHuman rightsHistoryShadeismColorismWomenColonialismAfricanIndianBleachingSkin colour