So, I have a theory that everyone barring mental illness, knows their own level of physical attractiveness compared to others.
It annoys me when obviously beautiful women moan that they are ugly or fat when they are clearly gorgeous, all it takes is one look in a mirror and they'd know, no doubt they do already.
Sometimes if I meet a friend of a friend who's a girl and I comment that she's a bit of an uggo then i get berrated with 'she's beautiful, she's really pretty!' and accused of being spiteful or mean. This when my friend blatantly knows her new acquantance is rough.
Alot of men also claim to not be able to judge physical attractiveness in other men which is rubbish in my opinion. It's not hard to tell, it's just most men in my opinion think that admitting to this is 'gay'.
I believe this is something innate that we all have, as soon as we look at a face we start judging it.
There have been studies(this is from research I looked at while studying psychology at A-level so it's hardly conclusive!) that support the idea that we are attracted to faces that are the same level of attractiveness as our own.
Also there is an idea in similar that someone who is really goodlooking might be attracted to someone who is really intelligent as it creates a balance, for instance Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe.
Thoughts?
2008-04-27 @ 23:59