Quote Originally Posted by Incubus Argenteus
Although this discussion was over nearly a month ago, I wish to add two links to this thread based on studies about beauty.

http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/002687.html

http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakulta...lish/index.htm

I hope no one will take these links in a bad way but more as an eye opener on the influence of our genes and the social influence on what is perceived as attractive.
This thread doesn't seem to be ready to die, probably because it is something so fundamental.

But when I read the first reference, what struck me was that it could just as well be read as proving that people who can only turn on to conventional beauty are reacting like babies! (The more so if they're also hung up on big tits... I appreciate tits as much as the next man, but there's more to sex appeal than cup size.)

As for the computerised "beautiful face", she looks as dull as white sliced bread. A good design for a display dummy or a sex doll, but as a person, I wouldn't give her a second glance; she's got no character. I'm reminded of an experiment in pre-computer days where they tried to create the "perfect face" by photographically merging a dozen film stars, and came up with someone totally average.

In most things in life, we pride ourselves on moving on from the simple tastes we were born with and becoming more imaginative. Why do some people get stuck on infantile standards of good looks?