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Every day we hear that outer beauty is nothing but a question of chance. Some men and women were a little luckier at birth than others and were blessed with a cute face, a perfect figure and an irresistible smile. “So what?”, they say. “You have your own kind of beauty, yes it is not your face, but your temper, your ability to love others and care about them, you skills and inner characteristics”! No doubt, you feel that a human being is more than a mere shell, but still, deep in our soul you feel disappointed and deceived. Why do you feel this way?

To know the answer let us analyze contemporary ways and the public opinion mould by the mass media. Every entertainment and show on TV, every puny ad, the bulk of articles in different journals and magazines give you the same - you should behave this way or another to be bright, youthful, healthy and beautiful! In fact, money, energy, youth, beauty and sex appeal are the tin goods forced on us today. If you cannot give your friends a ride in a brand new BMW, desolation is your fate! If you are not beautiful enough, you life is a mistake! If your muscles are not big enough you will definitely end up your empty existance in the gutter! If you boobs are not large and shapely enough, you will never get anywhere, so seize trying! If you are over forty you are too old - give the way to teens or they will kick you out of their way! Judging by our mass culture the whole world goes mad and we are ecstatic about it… Do you still need more evidences to decipher why you are so uneasy 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 difference between what mass culture tells us and what definite specialists tell us. Of course you cannot find a foundation to set your foot at! Let us try to analyze this problematic term to get a clear look of what beauty is! It will help you understand whether you choose to become the slave of your mortal shell or try to understand what you are like deep inside your soul!

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

As a matter of fact, the feeling of beauty is nothing but a mixture of natural harmony and balance in every detail, it makes a person, animal, place, object, phenomenon or idea in question exceptionally attractive and sweet for men and women perceiving it. It is an entirely 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 persons and even injured warriors were considered just as beautiful as young and healthy men and women. Can you fancy anything of the kind in our up-to-date society proclaiming the reign of equality and humanism?

You will be surprised to learn that little children very early acquire a preference for beautiful faces; in fact it is a sort of cognitive standard any person is born with! That is why the universal standarts of beauty and attractiveness are the same across various cultures and genders. Number one constituent of beauty is symmetry. The clue is rather simple here - we all prefer symmetry and proportion because it is the proof of absence of any genetic or acquired defects. No wonder ancient nations really treasured symmetry.

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

Speaking about outer beauty it is silly to forget that we are a part of nature, we are creatures sharing basic instincts with the majority of mammals on the Earth. Of course that our instincts influenced by the power of our intellect disguise themselves as certain habits, tastes, emotions, likes and dislikes. Actually 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 understanding the nature of beauty of the opposite sex!

You will not deny the fact that humans who are relatively young, with smooth skin, well-proportioned bodies and regular features are always considered to be appealing throughout the history of humanity. You can be absolutely sure you liked your darling for his or her intelligence, grace, politeness, sense of humor, elegance etc. You are absolutely right, but underlining the features like this, you deny the fact that your mate has body as well! What about his or her state of health, youthfulness, facial symmetry, smell etc?

One more stunning fact for you - average appearance is the most attractive for the majority of persons. Remember, we have some natural instincts in us? The logic 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. Recent research proved that the main part of individuals found a computer generated average image more attractive than individual images of real men and women having certain specific features!

What are the determinants of male outer beauty? As recent research proved, heterosexual women and homosexual men prefer:

- heavy brows, prominent chins, heavy jaws and broad cheekbones associated with increased testosterone and being a reliable indication of good health;
- symmetrical faces and bodies showing of good inheritance and ability to create 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 outer beauty? As newest research showed, heterosexual men prefer:

- waist-to-hip ratio of approximately 0.70 because females with hourglass figures are more fertile than other females due to higher levels of certain female hormones, and this fact subconsciously lures the men choosing mates;
- symmetrical face and body being a reliable indication of good inheritance and ability to produce healthy kids;
- large 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 plump);
- long legs as a subconscious indicator of good health (not purely aesthetic feature).

Unfortunately, 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 instance, ultra-skinny models promote disorders in the heads of many persons. 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 conceptions of natural body proportions. Do not forget that the teens are the most vulnerable group of human society and they have to face it every 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 depressed with your life is one of them, too! Think positive, find time for communication with your friends and pursuing 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 cannot stand standing in line visit any good reliable internet drugstore to save you time and money.

If you choose to get medications online, you will enjoy perfect service and swift delivery saying nothing of wonderful discounts. And the most vital point to fulfill! Be yourself, because trying to become someone else in equally painful and dangerous.