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Day by day we hear that outer beauty is nothing but a question of chance. Some people were a little luckier at birth than others and receives a cute face, a slender figure and an irresistible smile. “So what?”, they say. “You have your own sort of beauty, yes it is not your face, but your personality, your ability to have affection to others and help them, you skills and inner characteristics”! No doubt, you realize that a human being is more than a mere shell, but all the same, deep in our soul you feel deprived and cheated. Why so?

To find the answer let us have a realistic look at upto-date lifestyles and the public opinion prompted by the mass media. Every entertainment and show on TV, every single ad, the main part of articles in different journals and magazines sing the same old song - you should behave this way or another to be bright, young, healthy and beautiful! In fact, money, energy, youth, beauty and sex appeal are the fake gods forced on us today. If you cannot give your friends a ride in a brand new BMW, solitude is your destiny! If you are not pretty enough, you life is over! If your muscles are not big enough you will doubtlessly finish your needless existance in the gutter! If you breasts are not large and perky enough, you will never reach anything, so stop trying! If you are over forty you are too old - give the way to teens or they will throw you out of their way! Judging by our mass culture the whole world goes insane and we are absolutely happy about it… Do you still need more proves to realize why you feel so awkward when special trainings and psychological counsels start feeding you with inner beauty that is far more important that a mere mortal body!

There is a stunning gap between what mass culture tells us and what definite specialists tell us. No wonder you cannot find a basis to set your foot at! Let us try to dissect this problematic term to get a clear look of what beauty is! It will help you realize whether you want to become the slave of your mortal shell or try to understand what you are like deep inside your soul!

We use the term beauty to characterize any human being, creature, place, object, phenomenon or idea that we behold with a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. Beauty is an integral part of aesthetics, psychology and culture of every nation in the world. The ideal of beauty is a type of perfection existing in one’s imagination but unachievable in reality.

If fact, the sensation of beauty is nothing but a combination of natural harmony and balance in every detail, it makes a human being, creature, place, object, phenomenon or idea in question absolutely attractive and sweet for humans perceiving it. It is an exceptionally subjective experience, maybe that is why there is a saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.

The etymology of the word “beauty” can explain some aspects of today’s term. The Greek equivalent of the word “beautiful” - “horaios” literally means “being of one’s hour” - so, ripe fruits of the time were believed to be beautiful. At the same historical epoch young girls who tried to look older as well as old women who tried to look younger were not viewed as beautiful at all! Beautiful meant “good in its time”, that is why old personalities and even injured warriors were considered just as beautiful as young and healthy people. Can you fancy anything of the kind in our modern society proclaiming the reign of equality and humanism?

You will be bewildered to learn that little children very early acquire a preference for beautiful faces; in fact it is a type of cognitive standard any man and woman comes to this world with! That is why the universal standarts of beauty and attractiveness are the same across various cultures and genders. Number one building block of beauty is symmetry. The clue is rather simple here - we all enjoy seeing symmetry and proportion because it is the proof of absence of any genetic or acquired flaws. No wonder ancient nations really treasured symmetry.

So, the Pythagorean school found special attractiveness in the golden ratio and heralded the beauty of every personality and object corresponding definite mathematic rules. Ancient Greeks proved their love of symmetry and proportion having erected a number of wonderful buildings, immaculate statues of men and women etc. Renaissance Europe restored this old idea of beauty that is why up to now we call definite types of male and female body and face proportion a “classical beauty”.

Speaking about outer beauty it is naive to forget that we are a part of nature, we are creatures sharing basic instincts with the majority of mammals on the Earth. No wonder that our instincts influenced by the force of our intellect disguise themselves as certain habits, tastes, emotions, likes and dislikes. In fact the ideals of male and female beauty are based on the qualities necessary for reproduction and survival of the human race. Shocked? OK, here are some clues for realizing the nature of beauty of the opposite sex!

You will not deny the fact that persons who are rather young, have smooth skin, well-proportioned bodies and regular features are always considered to be attractive throughout the history of mankind. You can be absolutely sure you fell in love with your darling for his or her intelligence, grace, politeness, sense of humor, elegance etc. You are absolutely right, but underlining the qualities like this, you forget about the fact that your sweetheart has body as well! What about his or her state of health, youthfulness, facial symmetry, smell etc?

One more surprising fact for you - average appearance is the most attractive for the bulk of people. Remember, we have many inborn instincts in us? The point is we are attracted to mates of our own species to guaranty reproduction! The average image of the mate is a kind of icon for us; that is why average looks is the most preferable one. Newest investigation proved that the bulk of personalities found a computer generated average image more attractive than individual images of real personalities having certain specific features!

What are the determinants of male outer beauty? As newest investigation showed, heterosexual women and homosexual men prefer:

- heavy brows, prominent chins, heavy jaws and broad cheekbones associated with increased testosterone and being a sign of good health;
- symmetrical faces and bodies being a reliable indication of good inheritance and ability to produce healthy babies;
- slim waist, broad shoulders and muscular chest (so called v-shaped torso) associated with increased testosterone, too;
- height - 80% of women dream of a male blessed with the height of 6 feet or taller for long-term commitment and the opposite male when a short-term affair is intended;
- moderate amount of torso hair.

What are the determinants of female physical attractiveness? As latest research showed, heterosexual men prefer:

- waist-to-hip ratio of approximately 0.70 because females with hourglass figures are more fertile than other women due to higher levels of certain female hormones, and this fact subconsciously lures the men choosing mates;
- symmetrical face and body showing of good inheritance and ability to deliver healthy offsprings;
- big eyes, dilated pupils, small chin and nose, high eyebrows and wide smile;
- women 2.5 - 7 years younger than their mates;
- signals of youth like high firm breasts, smooth skin, clear eyes, long and lustrous hair;
- full (not large) breasts as a signal of fertility;
- erect posture and natural body mass index (neither too slim nor too fat);
- long legs as a subconscious indicator of good health (not merely aesthetic feature).

Sorry to say that, natural standards of beauty are dangerously influenced by mass culture. There is a real threat of degeneration of human race if the media continue determining what is or is not beautiful for us the way they do it today! For example, anorexic models promote disorders in the heads of many individuals. Glamorous movie idols force ordinary young personalities try and fit into extremely narrow standards of TV beauty. Easy excess to dirty pictures and videos creates false notions of natural body proportions. Do not forget that the teens are the most vulnerable group of human society and they have to face it day by day! What can be done in a situation like this? Keep fit and healthy because real beauty can not exist without perfect health. Have enough sleep, entertainment, physical exercise and recreation. Give up harmful habits - being disappointed with your life is one of them, too! Think positive, find time for hanging out with your friends and reaching your goals. Be very careful about your meals because we are what we eat! Make sure your body gets every important vitamin and mineral. If you fall ill take the complete course of treatment. If you hate standing in line visit any good best web drugstore to save you time and money.

If you choose to purchase the best medications online, you will enjoy perfect service and fast delivery saying nothing of splendid discounts. And the most important point to fulfill! Be yourself, because trying to become someone else in equally painful and dangerous.