In North America, I have constantly seen people talking about double eyelids on the Internet. They desperately want to believe that East Asians have double eyelid surgery just in order to look more western.
Speaking of cosmetic surgery, the most popular procedures in USA are liposuction, breast augmentation and nose job, while in East Asia, the most popular procedures are liposuction, breast augmentation and double eyelid surgery.
So you see there are similarities and differences. People all want to be slim, women all want big boobs, and white people want to get rid of their big nose and East Asian women want double eyelids.
East Asians' double eyelids is different than Caucasian eyelids. Caucasians, strictly speaking, have the look of "double eyelids" because of their deepset eyes and protruding eyebrow bones, and thus when they open their eyes, look upcast, it looks like they have "double eyelids".
However, many East Asians may have a fold, a natural crease above their eyelids, which adds some beauty to the eyes, and which is what those who don't have this may dream about. In Japan, 70% of the population have single eyelids, while in China 70% of the population have double eyelids. In Korea, I believe most people are born with single eyelids because I have seen the kids there ALL having single eyelids.
Double eyelids has actually been an issue only in East Asia, but some white reporters brought this topic back to their country to please its people by relating it to East Asians hoping to look "more white". That's ridiculous.
In USA, there are millions of cosmetic surgery patients who want to get rid of their big nose, but they do not necessarily want to look more oriental. Likewise, an oriental woman who would like to have bigger eyes may not want to look more American.
Therefore, cosmetic surgery is all about looking more beautiful; its nothing to do with looking like one race. That's what some people who feel insecure about themselves might like to believe.
