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Heya playas, have you ever heard the statement that beauty is in the eye of the beholder
or that beauty is only skin deep? Which one is it? Is beauty something that we as humans
can understand and appreciate collectively? Or is it so subjective that each person perceives
beauty in their own special way? Today we uncover the truth behind what makes you beautiful.
In different societies and cultures all throughout time there have been general standards as
to what beauty was. For instance, in the 1600's the standard for beauty was to be pale and
plump. Beauty was tied to wealth so the fatter you were the more wealthier you were perceived
to be because you could afford to keep yourself well fed. And this idea hasn't gone away,
certain countries in Africa will plump up their women so they appear more healthier
and therefore more attractive. But in the gluttonous society known as America, this
seems to be the opposite. In America we praise women who are slimmed and tanned. Being slim
means that you are taking care of your body and being tanned means that you have healthy
skin. So does that mean in the good ol' US of A that being large and in charge isn't
considered beautiful? In a cultural sense, yes. But don't be discouraged by this. There
are so many cultural norms that we follow, we can't even begin to understand why. In
South East Asia, women stretch their necks. In Africa women stretch their bottom lip and
in America, women stretch their mammies. So what un-altered physical traits can we find
on a person that's considered natural beauty? Face symmetry is considered a natural form
of beauty. People with more symmetrical faces are often viewed as being prettier. But what
men usually focus on is a woman with a waist to hip ratio of 0.7. Beauty icons all over
the world usually contend to this ratio which means that no matter how big or small you
are mathematically it is possible for you to be beautiful. And yet despite all the rules
as to what beauty is defined as in a cultural sense, we possess the ability to overlook
it completely. Studies show that when a person is in a relationship we tend to overlook the
physical traits about them that we don't like and highlight the ones that we do. It's almost
as if nature hardwired this into our programming so that we could be happy with our partners
and not so superficial. So the way I see it is, even if you aren't stereo-typically beautiful
there's still a potential that someone out there can love you for who you are. Because
at the end of the day no matter what people say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Sure, attraction may fall in line with these cultural stigmas but commitment requires something
that much more, it requires love from within here. As always guys, love and peace. If only
you saw what I can see, you'll understand why I want you so desperately. Right now I'm
looking at you and I can't believe you don't know, you don't know you're beautiful. Oh
Oh. That's what makes you beautiful.