Why are we so obsessed with beauty?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Why do we have this image of a beautiful girl/guy in today's society?</p>

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<p>Cuz true beauty is a true wonder and cannot be tamed.</p>

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<p>It’s hardwired into our psyche. Beautiful things are more pleasurable to us so naturally they bombard us with the images of beautiful men/women to manipulate us into doing X, Y ,and Z.</p>

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Until we become jaded and disillusioned and lash out.</p>

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<p>Sexism. It never quits.</p>

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Innate biological drives to mate are sexist? Well, I mean, they do discriminate between male and female, so technically…</p>

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<p>biologically, beauty=health=more successful mating/breeding=healthier offspring</p>

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<p>I like looking pretty (':</p>

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<p>Well, IDK why you guys like beauty, but personally, I’m a sexy beast, so if the chick isn’t as hot as me she needs to ■■■■.</p>

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<p>because beauty–> sexy and a primal instict is sex drive.</p>

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<p>But ugly ppl can do it too…
Just saying</p>

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<p>Basically this.</p>

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<p>Our brain associates a certain appearance with good genetics. It’s easy to fool this reptilian part of our brain, though(i.e. a woman who puts on sexy clothes and makeup will be more likely to find a good mate, and yet her genes haven’t changed at all…or a dude’s face gets burned in an accident and is considered unattractive despite amazing genes).</p>

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<p>Yes, the evolutionary explanations are the best :)</p>

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<p>It’s very obvious that although you can like or dislike someone for their expansion of characteristics, we cannot love someone without some form of physical attraction.</p>

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Sure you can; Platonic love shouldn’t have a physical attraction component. But for romantic love, yes, there needs to be physical attraction, on top of whatever other characteristics you seek.</p>

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<p>all my friends are ugly, and I love them to death lol jk</p>

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<p>Yes, Platonic love doesn’t need beauty but keep in mind, platonic love is the way you could feel about your parents, I think we’re more concerned with romantic love.</p>

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<p>This doesn’t have anything to do with romantic relationships, but some study showed that you’re more likely to associate with people who you find to be attractive, be it the same or opposite sex.</p>

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<p>^^^ Agree with that 100%</p>