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Give your opinion.
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i voted female because while the male body represents the journey, work, effort, the female body traditionally holds the place for the destination. The female body classically is depicted as a vision of serenity, the feeling that every individual feels when they have completed a goal or an objective.
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The OP's opinion is interesting to me because of the particular yin yang type symbolism that is implied by the OP.I like this particular symbolism which seems to me to be implicit in Genesis as well as in Taoism.It is in Greek legend too: for instance the story of Danae and her impregnation by Zeus, there is a famous painting of this event but I forget who the painter was.
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And if we are able to approach this from the standpoint of a viewer, as opposed to a maker, then it will require a sublime OBjectivity. And then it might be the case that the raw formalities of line, mass, contour, texture and shape are to be considered. In which case one is always looking at wriggling gristle...this "thing" could be interesting in MANY different visual conditions.
This poll seems to be addressing the question of which we find more attractive. In which case, nature, popular culture ans sexuality will decide...not aesthetics.
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I think of beauty as going beyond mere desirability to a metaphysical category, or at least a generally human and genderless set of rules for aesthetic pleasure and/or truth.
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Numerous cross-cultural studies have shown that there seem to be some standards for beauty that are shared by all human beings, regardless of culture, education, economic status, etc.Earthchild1 wrote:In order to arrive at a truthful answer, one would have to throw all cultural conditioning out the window. In some tribes the woman with the longest neck would be considered most attractive. Do we really choose what we naturally find attractive or is it programming?
Yes, there are specific variants, such as elongation of the neck, or the fact that female breasts are considered sexual almost exclusively in "developed" regions such as America and Europe.
But, symmetry, smooth unbroken skin (an overall appearance of health) are considered attractive almost universally...
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Re: Give your opinion.
The female body is in general more appealing to me, I don't know why.
I'm a straight female, so it probably doesn't have to do with my sexuality. Also I've seen more beautiful women than men in my life, and that might have influenced my way of looking at it.
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Re: Give your opinion.
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