Growing up children get drilled different moral sayings, one of which is “beauty comes from within” but does it really? The answer is no, we are drawn in by physical appearance then later personality comes into play. When intrigued by someone’s appearance so much that it draws one person to another this is attraction. There are certain aspects off a person appearance that make them attractive to multiple people, things like facial symmetry and body size ratios this is their attractiveness. Upon looking at someone we do not know we are analyzing their facial symmetry or the ratio of their head to shoulders because it’s instinct. It’s a variety of different factors that come together to produce what an individual recognize as attractiveness. This paper will include these factors of attractiveness from a psychological stance, three different articles will be examined and brought together to assist in understanding attractiveness. In the first article “Symmetry and perceived facial attractiveness: A monozygotic co-twin comparison”, the author Linda Mealy suggests that facial symmetry has a big role in attractiveness. She brings attention to the fact that facial attractiveness plays just as great of a role in sex selection as physical attractiveness when looking for potential mates. There are certain facial feature that are deemed “attractive” in each of the sexes that unknowingly influence human sex selection. These are indicators on the face that comes along with puberty and increase with sexual maturity. Indicators like, “high levels of testosterone in the young male lead to growth of the lower face and jaw; both chin length and chin width are important determinants of perceptions of male attractiveness. While high levels of estroge... ... middle of paper ... ...om within it just happens to be that beauty that predicts a person attractiveness to the outside world. Works Cited Blanckenhorn. "Fluctuating assymetry, body size, and sexual selection." Size and Symmetry 1998: 735-753. Web. Mealey, L. "Symmetry and Perceived Facial Attractiveness : A Monozygotic Co-Twin Comparison." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1999): 151-158. Document. Sheppard, Leah. "The effect of target attractiveness and rating method on the accuracy of trait ratings." Journal of Personnel Psychology, Vol 10 (2011): 24-33. Print. Singh, Devendra. "Adaptive significance of female physical attractiveness: Role of waist-to-hip ratio." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1993): 293-307. Print. Weeden, Jason. "Physical Attractiveness and Health in Western Societies: A Review." Psychological Bulletin, Vol 131 (2005): 635-653. Print.
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know beauty in any form”(86). We are so conditioned to see female beauty as what men
Anderson et al. studied the preference of female body size in 54 cultures. They divided these cultures the extent of the food supply ad the preferences for different body sizes were divided into heavy body, moderate body and slender body. Findings showed that in areas where there was a very unreliable food supply the male population preferred the heavy body size by 71% and in areas where food was very reliable the male population preferred the slender body by 40%. With the Western culture's obsession with slimness in women it may come as a surprise that heavy women are more attractive especially in areas where there is little or very little food, however, they would be seen as better equipped to survive in food shortages and to provide nourishment for their children.
There is a famous saying that states, “ we should not judge a book by its cover”, but oftentimes the first thing noticed on a person is their looks. One’s “physical beauty” strongly influences people’s first impressions of them. As a whole, we tend to assume that pretty people are more likeable and better people than those who are unattractive. Around the world, we believe that what is beautiful is good. There is a general consensus within a culture about what is considered physically appealing and beautiful. “Physical beauty” is associated with being more sociable, intelligent, and even socially skilled. Society shares this common notion of who has and who does not have “physical beauty”. Thus, “physical beauty”, as seen
Facial symmetry is also linked to agreeableness, extraversion and conscientiousness, so good looking people generally find it easier to make friends and hold down jobs. Attractive people are most likely to succeed because some companies are looking for models to be on their cover of their magazines. They are always making money just to be on a cover of a book that people always complain about and they would just say that should I try this product do you think it will help my suborn fat and try to lose it by taking this daily with food or water. Researchers say that they can tell if people are attractive or unattractive because they watch guys looking at women and giving facial expressions to tell the other person what they think about the girl or
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart” (Kahlil). People focus more on the outward appearance instead of the inward appearance. One’s inward appearance is comprised of their character, values, morals, and the true nature of their heart. On the other hand, the outward appearance is composed of one’s dress and grooming. The inward and outward appearance determines whether or not a person is ugly or beautiful. The choices that we make also define whether or not one is ugly or beautiful; choices made in the past can sometimes be repeated in the future.
In an opposite view, Dan Eden, in his article “What Makes Us Attractive,” explains the psychological aspects of beauty. Is it natural? Can it mean popularity?
on a scale from 1 to 3, the importance men gave to good looks rose from 1.50 to 2.11. But for women, the importance of good looks in men rose from 0.94 to 1.67. In other words, women in 1989 considered a man look’s more important than men considered women’s looks 50 years earlier
In the next 5 pages, we will discuss how to understand and distinguish attraction. Before doing that, we must establish what exactly attraction is. Attraction is defined as the action or power of evoking interest, pleasure, or liking for someone or something. (source) However, that definition can be interpreted in different ways. While feelings of attraction may open the door for the possibility of a relationship, they don’t guarantee that one will develop. Attraction can be broken down into different categories: rewards, proximity, reciprocity, similarity, and barriers. We will discuss each of those individually in the coming paragraphs. We will also discuss the things that men and women find most attractive in the opposite sex.
Klohnen, E., & Luo, S. (2003). Interpersonal attraction and personality: What is attractive--self similarity, ideal similarity, complementarity or attachment
... cross-cultural research that outlines evolutionary theory as an underlying component of attraction. As outlined by evolutionary theory, there is a relationship between perceived attractiveness in women and body proportions, while the attractiveness of men is contingent upon acquisition of economic resources. In societies with scant resources such as rural South Africa, perceptions of attractiveness are adjusted to reflect the impact of environment on perceptual factors. Further research should indicate factors other than evolutionary theory that explain attraction. Future research should also explore attraction from the perspective of platonic relationships, i.e. friendships in order to truly discover what compels individuals toward one another. Nonetheless, culture serves as a filtered lens over the eyes of individuals preferences in the matters of attraction.
Today, the idea of beauty has been turned into unattainable forms by media, trends, and marketing. To reach the social’s standard of beauty, many people have gone anorexic, bulimic, or have been addicted to plastic surgery. Many people are wasting money on beauty products to make themselves prettier, but they forget that their inner beauty is more important. Inner beauty is an essential key to the overall appearance of someone. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder and is the combination of inner and outer attractiveness of one
Good physical appearance helps in building up flexible relationships. For example women who take care of their physical appearance manage to have a better relatio...
It is only in recent years that physical attractiveness was looked upon from a scientific point of view and not simply a poetic or philosophical pondering. We now know that we have a predisposition to see physical attraction as the primary factor of romantic attraction. When people first begin to date, they are more attracted to the partners they deem to be more physically attractive 1. Another example of physical attraction as an influential factor of our attraction to others is seen in the matching hypothesis. The matching hypothesis proposes that the forming of a successful relationship is far more prone to occurring with people whom they consider to have an equal level of physical attractiveness to themselves.
Throughout history many researchers came up with ideas on what makes a person beautiful and what cause them to be unattractive. Plato, a famous philosopher, argued that the face that held the golden proportions was what made a person beautiful. “The width of the ideal face would be two –thirds its length and the nose no longer than the distance between the eyes” (Espejo 24). These are only a few things that make up the golden proportions. Researchers claim that averageness is what makes a person good looking (Espejo 24). However, according to Lisa DeBruine an experimental psychologist, “When it come to some key features, such as big eyes and small chins in women, being distinctly nonaverage can be better” (qtd. in Espejo 24). Big eyes and small chins are feminine traits. How masculine or how feminine a face is could determine how attractive the person is.