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Quoted By: >>6406624
PROLOGUE/CONTEXT:
Following the ’90, when some girls and models died of anorexia and several other girls and guys developed eating disorders, we have had counter-movements to sensitize about these issues (and that’s a good thing), blaming in particular the fashion world and showbiz to show “impossible body standards”. Since then, we have had “Body acceptance” movement and feminists saying that we have to break the “traditional” body standards, as “Beauty is a social construct”. Since i haven’t seen a single proper, scientific counter-argument, and I have seen everyone, even on /fit/, believe it, this has bought me to search if this was true.
RESEARCH:
While everyone has his own, undisputable tastes, I have found that science has proven there are ancestral, unconscious indices and features people tend to follow to value the beauty and ideal bodies, that remained the same in every age and society, making them a partially objective thing; in particular, this is what I found out:
Following the ’90, when some girls and models died of anorexia and several other girls and guys developed eating disorders, we have had counter-movements to sensitize about these issues (and that’s a good thing), blaming in particular the fashion world and showbiz to show “impossible body standards”. Since then, we have had “Body acceptance” movement and feminists saying that we have to break the “traditional” body standards, as “Beauty is a social construct”. Since i haven’t seen a single proper, scientific counter-argument, and I have seen everyone, even on /fit/, believe it, this has bought me to search if this was true.
RESEARCH:
While everyone has his own, undisputable tastes, I have found that science has proven there are ancestral, unconscious indices and features people tend to follow to value the beauty and ideal bodies, that remained the same in every age and society, making them a partially objective thing; in particular, this is what I found out:
