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Tenpoundbass
2017 Dec 16, 3:20pm
Tenpoundbass
2017 Dec 16, 3:20pm
I once wrote a short story about a Monster that could only see you through you seeing him.
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anonymous
2017 Dec 16, 3:53pm
anonymous says
That's probably a good thing for women since beauty is all they have to offer.
It is possible to notice and judge female beauty via peripheral vision alone, without the details being in focus and without any thought. It happens instantly.
That's probably a good thing for women since beauty is all they have to offer.
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missing
2017 Dec 16, 5:42pm
Patrick says
Is that really true? I can imagine certain female features - body shape characteristics related to fertility, that we have evolved to perceive as beauty. But what about facial features? Is there evidence correlating, for example, straight nose, big eyes, etc. to fertility?
beauty implies fertility
Is that really true? I can imagine certain female features - body shape characteristics related to fertility, that we have evolved to perceive as beauty. But what about facial features? Is there evidence correlating, for example, straight nose, big eyes, etc. to fertility?
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Patrick
2017 Dec 16, 5:55pm
Patrick
2017 Dec 16, 5:55pm
Yes @FP the markers of female beauty are generally indicators of fertility. For example, long hair is proof that the woman has not been sick enough to lose her hair recently. Young women are more fertile and considered more beautiful. Fat women tend to have fertility and health issues, so there would be selection against seeing them as beautiful.
Facial symmetry is an indicator of general health as well: https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/facial_symmetry.htm
Even big eyes may be an indicator of fertility:
https://uterus1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/84/6
Also: https://www.futurederm.com/why-large-defined-eyes-are-so-attractive-and-how-to-get-them/
Facial symmetry is an indicator of general health as well: https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/facial_symmetry.htm
Even big eyes may be an indicator of fertility:
https://uterus1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/84/6
According to researchers at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, their study is the first to demonstrate that female facial appearance is connected to reproductive health. Estrogen levels determine the development of facial features, and the more estrogen a woman has the healthier and more fertile she tends to be.
Also: https://www.futurederm.com/why-large-defined-eyes-are-so-attractive-and-how-to-get-them/
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Shaman
2017 Dec 16, 10:53pm
Shaman
2017 Dec 16, 10:53pm
Tenpoundbass says
Imma like this because I like when people write.
I once wrote a short story about a Monster that could only see you through you seeing him
Imma like this because I like when people write.
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Shaman
2017 Dec 16, 10:58pm
Shaman
2017 Dec 16, 10:58pm
Also, females keep a very special kind of fat in their thighs and butt. It’s chock full of special amino acids that are necessary for building a giant human brain. Females naturally store these and keep them close to their reproductive organs where they will be needed. This has the synchronistic benefit of making a woman’s shape more attractive to men. Around the world, men agree that a nice butt and thigh area is highly attractive, especially when coupled with a smaller waist (which denotes health and youth).
To summarize: women with nice hip to waist ratios are capable of building smarter infants, so men prize their reproductive capacity over other women.
To summarize: women with nice hip to waist ratios are capable of building smarter infants, so men prize their reproductive capacity over other women.
Sometimes I'm in a crowd and can first feel the presence of a beautiful woman off to one side or the other before actually looking in her direction maybe a few tenths of a second later. Most of the time the feeling is correct - yes, she is beautiful. Sometimes the feeling is wrong, say she's much older than expected. Yet even in that case, if I were to take a picture and blur it, the first impression from a direct gaze at that picture would be good - not too fat or too thin, classic female shape, probably long hair too.
Conversely, if a woman is very fat or too thin, not an attractive shape, or has very short hair, then my peripheral vision will not trigger the feeling that moves my eyes in her direction.
I'm pretty sure you could put reverse-blinders on men, blocking the view straight ahead and allowing only peripheral vision, and prove that men can quite accurately judge a woman's beauty without even directly looking at her. Given the extremely high evolutionary relevance of female beauty (beauty implies fertility), it makes sense that there would be very quick and low-level responses to it. Women might also be able to get a first impression of men without even directly looking at them, but perhaps not, because men are judged by women much more on what they do than on how they look.
A similar phenomenon is that "someone is looking at me" feeling, after which you turn to see that "yes, there are two pupils focused on me". This is also very highly relevant for survival in evolutionary terms, since someone looking at you might mean they want to mate with you or attack you, things which might make the difference between your genes' survival into the next generation or not.
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