Besides one of the few universal traits humans find attractive like symmetry [1] physical attractiveness, beauty, is incredibly subjective and is prone to cultural influences that are then swayed and manipulated by the ruling class (See British Raj and India’s caste, Latin America, or most of the globalized/imperialized world).
Thus, debates over what, who is more attractive are more often than not futile as it is just another fog and mirror poorly obscuring the hierarchy amongst people.
Here I share studies that question how common ‘universally’ attractive traits are.
Thus, debates over what, who is more attractive are more often than not futile as it is just another fog and mirror poorly obscuring the hierarchy amongst people.
Here I share studies that question how common ‘universally’ attractive traits are.
How universal are human mate choices? Size does not matter when Hadza foragers are choosing a mate
It has been argued that size matters on the human mate market: both stated preferences and mate choices have been found to be non-random with respect to height and weight. But how universal are these patterns? Most of the literature on human mating patterns ...