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Real Beauty | by voxwoman | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
| The thing is, that "RealBeauty" campaign is a lie. |
by RetiQlum2 |
2006-10-17 10:36:42 |
A bunch of anthropologists did a study on the female form. They used simple outlines of different body types on one page and tested this on people all over the world, including Amazon Basin tribes. They found that there was a certain ratio between hips, waist and breasts that was almost uniformly found to be the most attractive.
It's something genetic that causes the male of the species to be attracted to that form. I'd provide a link, but it was in dead-tree form (or maybe it was on The Discovery Channel back when it was cool.) It might be similar to the way that a newborn can be comforted by a paper plate with a roughly drawn "face" on it hangin over a crib.
A lot of the things done to make women more attractive to men are exagerations of natural attributes. Why are your lips and nipples pink? For the same reasons that a female baboon's butt* get red at certain times of the year.
The lengthening of the neck? There is a tribe in Africa that does that with rings. Bigger eyes? More expressive, younger looking.
The goal of the people preparing a model for pictures is to make her look as beautiful as possible. The goal of a woman picking out a pretty skirt is to make herself as attractive as possible.
That group is merely annoyed with the distance some people will go to make themselves attractive.
*How many of you have ever heard "Baboons butt" used in a scientific argument before. |
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Translation: "Some people will always be ugly." (n (n/t) | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 10:44:11 |
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Not ugly. | by RetiQlum2 | 2006-10-17 10:57:14 |
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"aesthetically challenged" (n/t) | by run.dll | 2006-10-17 11:07:20 |
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It's *all* "compared to others". | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 11:21:36 |
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No you're not. | by Esteis | 2006-10-17 11:44:39 |
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. | by shorty82 | 2006-10-17 12:08:11 |
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Beauty is in the eye of the... | by RetiQlum2 | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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... beer holder. | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 12:15:04 |
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One, because she was more desperate than I am. | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 12:10:54 |
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You are acting like a dumbass. | by RetiQlum2 | 2006-10-17 12:16:13 |
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*crams fluffy pink bunnies into various orifices* (n/t) | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 12:24:36 |
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I repeat my other response: | by RetiQlum2 | 2006-10-17 12:36:35 |
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... and why would anyone choose 'less attractive'? | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 12:42:05 |
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Let's reverse the question: | by RetiQlum2 | 2006-10-17 12:45:06 |
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Because that's how the game is played. | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 12:48:49 |
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So change games. Worked for me. | by wwill | 2006-10-17 12:52:49 |
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If you mean what I think you mean... | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 12:53:56 |
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I meant | by wwill | 2006-10-17 13:04:37 |
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Seconded. | by voxwoman | 2006-10-17 13:08:46 |
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Oh f4! | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 13:08:17 |
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In that case, please disregard the last line of my | by SouthpawPL | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Understood, and thanks. | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 13:20:51 |
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One more thing: Don't sell yourself short. | by SouthpawPL | 2006-10-17 13:51:21 |
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SOT-I-don't-shave-my-heinie-M | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 13:41:10 |
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because some women would actually like | by voxwoman | 2006-10-17 12:54:55 |
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Then why are so many ignorant guys with hot women? | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 13:00:25 |
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I said SOME women. | by voxwoman | 2006-10-17 13:05:31 |
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Casual is hot. Seriously. (n/t) | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 13:12:55 |
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You phrased that question wrong. It should read | by SouthpawPL | 2006-10-17 13:15:48 |
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It comes down to what many women seem | by Peace_man | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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That book in two words: "Brown nose." | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 13:38:24 |
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If you're not willing to try it, then | by Peace_man | 2006-10-17 13:47:28 |
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Danny who? ;-) | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 13:49:41 |
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"Take what they want"... | by Peace_man | 2006-10-17 14:09:39 |
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I give what I get. (n/t) | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 14:11:41 |
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That's your problem then. | by Peace_man | 2006-10-17 14:17:00 |
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That's what I want, but I can't give it to myself. (n/t) | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 14:24:56 |
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Besides the obvious, (criminal, etc) my biggest | by quilting_kitty | 2006-10-17 14:34:13 |
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So, an exception. And already taken. (n/t) | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 14:40:47 |
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I'll admit I'm not the norm, but I'm not unique | by quilting_kitty | 2006-10-17 14:55:29 |
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How can I "like and accept" what makes me hideous? (n/t) | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 14:59:48 |
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Like and accept YOU. Your thoughts, feelings, | by quilting_kitty | 2006-10-17 15:38:45 |
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The question is what *doesn't* make me hideous. (n (n/t) | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 15:54:26 |
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certainly not your attitude. (n/t) | by imperito | 2006-10-17 18:09:09 |
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It's the wallowing/self-pity that's a turnoff. | by esbita | 2006-10-17 18:13:14 |
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So I should go out and pretend to be hot s4? | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 18:29:43 |
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I'd say "be yourself..." | by esbita | 2006-10-17 18:44:49 |
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Why pretend? | by imperito | 2006-10-17 18:55:36 |
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I've been exercising, jobhunting, and socializing. | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 19:02:14 |
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And all 3 take serious time to take effect. (n/t) | by esbita | 2006-10-17 19:13:34 |
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They're more pain than they're worth. | by Phoon | 2006-10-17 19:32:32 |
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It's painfully obvious that you're not ready to go | by voxwoman | 2006-10-17 19:50:35 |
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Your intelligence | by fitzso | 2006-10-17 19:35:49 |
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Intelligence is a negative. | by Phoon | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Watch the insults (n/t) | by Kickstart | 2006-10-17 17:33:22 |
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I agree with all of this except... | by Illiad | 2006-10-17 10:50:25 |
