ralmcg
Governor
You're right about a certain body type or form not being the universal when it comes to attractiveness. As for muscularity it seems that society tolerates a lot more muscularity in men than they do in women. This is shown by a lot of people thinking that muscular women are ugly. Some event think they are freaks.Yes, there isn't a single body type or form that is universally attractive (even though Hollywood and the media sometimes would like us to believe so). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say, and features are often enhanced by body language and glimpses of personality in addition to just plain physical attributes. A smile or particular look, for example, can make someone's eyes take on a special attractive quality, or simply the way someone wears their hair can be very attractive to one onlooker and maybe not so much to another. Even the way we walk or move can have special appeal, and what we wear or don't wear can make a difference too. Almost anything can catch the eye and be an attraction to the right person looking. I agree with Siss that a toned body is generally more attractive, as the opposite taken to the extreme can be off putting (although to some degree this may be culturally determined). I also would second Siss' contention that women tend to check out women a lot more than guys may realize.
Which brings me to another point. Some people say that women shouldn't be muscular because, in the case of heterosexual men, they are genetically programmed to reject these types of women. I don't believe that it is so programmed than men can't learn to love muscular women. And evolutionary psychology may tell us why certain beliefs, especially about the sexes, came about but they don't tell us whether these beliefs are moral or right.
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