Is Beauty Really In the Eye of The Beholder?, What do you think? Options

[Dreamers]

Feel free to move it if it's in the wrong forum.


Well, anyway, what do you guys think? (This is meant to be a friendly debate, by the way)

Is beauty REALLY in the eyes of the beholder?

I mean, science talks of all these features considered attractive ona woman like waist-hip-ratios of 0.7, and men being tall, and everyone having smooth skin, but is that really all true?

Is that stuff required to be beautiful?

In my opinion, no. Beauty really is in the eyes of the beholder, and I think one can see someone as beautiful, even if they have all the features that are considered ugly. It just depends on the person.

People are constantly swooning over, oh, Ionno, Rihanna and the typical Brad Pitt, but honestly I don't find either one extremely attractive. Then I see an average, or maybe even below-average guy on the street and I'm like, 'Wow, he's cute! '

So, that's my opinion onit. Is there anyone who doesn't believe in the phrase?

Or others who do?

[lojay]

Yes, it does lie in the eye of the beholder - some people believe that if one thing is beautiful then other things are not. At the same time, beauty is constantly changing so our perceptions on beauty are always changing.

Fact: Babies are drawn to beautiful faces and they spend more time looking at beautiful faces (faces that have big lips and big eyes).

Other things that are considered beautiful are; good bone structure, components of both the adult beautiful face and the baby beautiful face, high cheek bones, symmetry (which also ties athletic ability - people with symmetric ears run faster than people who do not have symmetrical ears, this is a factor in why some athletes are so beautiful), etc.

But.. since the beholder's thoughts are based off the fashion industry, then the fashion industry calls what is beautiful and what is not. Scientist found that people all judge beauty the same. Causing the major problem of ordinary people comparing looks to "models" and the "more attractive people" making anyone else feeling inadequate. Beauty used to be such a rare thing, but now since it is everywhere, everyone wants it.


... For my sociology class we just watched a sequence of movie clips called The Human Face and we just watched the "Beauty" episode last month. Kind of became a buff on the "beauty" subject.