When are you pretty?
Tastes are different. A final answer to the question "When are you pretty?" therefore there are no - but there are a few clues that scientists use to measure beauty.
Blonde or black hair? Blue or brown eyes? When it comes to when to be pretty, it's the details. Many researchers are looking for a universal ideal of beauty. They are of the opinion that beauty can first be expressed in numbers.
Pretty - even proportions
- Artists know: it depends on the proportions. In classical statues, the head is often 1/7 the size of the rest of the body, and the legs make up half of the body. From the point of view of most people, these proportions make you particularly pretty.
- Symmetry is also important: one straight nose, eyes of equal size, evenly rounded cheeks make a person appear particularly pretty.
- Men perceive women to have a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 as pretty.
- As a woman, one is considered pretty even if the face corresponds to the child's scheme. These include large round eyes, a small nose, a high forehead. In general, young people appear more attractive than older ones.
Many women are dissatisfied with the way they look. Gnaw, especially during puberty ...
The fact that most people agree that one is beautiful with these prerequisites is due to our genes. Even body proportions and youth mean that the person is very likely to be healthy and fertile - nothing else mattered to the Stone Age ancestors.
It's nice when you belong
So why don't all people have the same answer to the question "When are you pretty?" This is because beauty also has something to do with one's own culture and living environment Has.
- In many African countries, for example, fat women are considered to be particularly beautiful. Where there is a lack of food, it is a sign that the woman is doing well. In the industrialized countries it is the other way around. Here, slim ones are considered more dynamic and healthier - and consequently also more beautiful.
- In addition, one perceives as pretty what symbolizes belonging to a group. This is the reason why the women of the African Mursi tribe widen their lower lips with clay discs - and why punks style their hair in a garish mohawk.
- After all, what you think is pretty has to do with your own desires and longings. The man with a protective instinct may prefer a short woman to the six-foot model; Italy fans prefer dark-haired people to blondes; and those who prefer to discuss movies with their wife may not care so much whether she is fat or thin.
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