Did you know that scientific studies have shown that humans find women
with asymmetrical faces more beautiful than those with symmetrical ones?

We don’t like sameness. As they say, variety is the spice of life. And
so it should be in relationships. Not just the romantic kind, of course,
but when we’re talking about romance — long-term love, life partners,
the one with whom we will raise children — it is especially important.

Hmmm, do you have links to those studies? It is my understanding that
the brain views symmetry as healthy and therefore that person is better
fit for mating. Hence symmetry is what we all look for...unconsciously.

Have you ever seen the studies where they use a mirror and take pics of
the left side of your face mirrored and then do the same with the right
side? The 2 pics usually barely look like 2 relatives and seldom like
the same person.

That's interesting... I'd never even thought about it before.

Oh boy where is my elephant lady???

I had always heard that symmetry was preferred, too. That's why most
models have symmetrical faces. Maybe it's a new study? I think the trend
toward appreciating sameness may be going by the wayside.

I saw a show on TV a few years back where they explored the whole
concept of "beauty," and their conclusions had to do with symmetry and
such things as the distance from the lips to the edge of the front of
the face, the distance between lips and nose, etc.

They actually had a mathematical formula for all these things, and they
said that the closer the person's face adhered to the formula, the more
"beautiful" the person would be perceived to be by the majority of the
participants in the study.

Wish I had more info on it, but it was a few years ago....

Here's an article:

http://www.jyi.org/volumes/volume6/issue6/features/feng.html

Oh no that study just made me sad. Dam! Why Why WHy

Well, we're all beautiful in our own ways...I have a some fluff, but I
worked too hard to have healthy children, than to worry about someone
not loving me. I'd rather have a teddy bear man than a twig anyday! :P

Don't U think that if U give examples of people here who have
symmetrical looks, we will beter understand what U are talking about.
These experts always come out with some quacky thing to look bright.
And models are considered by most men who speak the truth, as skinny and
STARVING. Models are not the 'IDEAL' women or women all women SHOULD TRY
to look like. Paris Hilton is not attractive but Oprah Winfrey, Roseanne
and others like the woman who acts in Sister sister, and Tricia (or
something like that) Martin. Many times when women boasting that they
have llost weight showing BEFORE and AFTER, before is much more
attractive than AFTER. Is it not time that women STOP taking advice
from other women on what is attractive, and ask MEN? I am man 56yrs now
and KNOW what men talk about in men-talk. And MOST models are NOT pretty
with clothes on.

Yeah! They look like bones in bag. It is because of these assymmetrical
impositions, women , some of them, go to these Surgeons to have their
lips or noses (or whatever) relocated. Until someone goes from a Black
man to a White woman and singing: "Huu Hoo!! I admire Sophia Loren who
maintained her big teeth and knew that she was very beautiful just so.

Grieving,

I agree with you on many levels! Firstly, many men, as you pointed out,
don't find attractive the ultra-thin models. Of course, this is also
primitive brain shining through! One who has too much or too little
adipose tissue is viewed as being less suitable for mating. Ample
breasts to nurse children, wide hips to birth children, and just enough
in between to support the demands of both.


In Antiquity, women of ample size were seen as having the perfect body
type thus were considered beautiful. Art depicting full-figured women
predominated these times. I think contemporary art with its skinny
models, will fade out and eventually be replaced by something more
moderate of the extremes. Some countries are already banning models
under a certain BMI; it's likely this trend will continue.

In Antiquity, women of ample size were seen as having the perfect body
type thus were considered beautiful. Art depicting full-figured women
predominated these times.
I think contemporary art with its skinny models, will fade out and
eventually be replaced by something more moderate of the extremes. Some
countries are already banning models under a certain BMI; it's likely
this trend will continue.