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It happens so that we hear that outer beauty is nothing but a question of luck. Some guys were a little luckier at birth than others and were blessed with a cute face, a good figure and an irresistible smile. “So what?”, they say. “You have your unique kind of beauty, maybe it is not your face, but your personality, your ability to love others and help them, you skills and inner qualities”! Of course, you feel that a man is more than a mere appearance, but with all that, somewhere in our soul you feel miserable and cheated. Why do you feel this way?

To check out the answer let us have a realistic look at upto-date ways and the public opinion mould by the mass media. Every entertainment and show on TV, every puny ad, the bulk of articles in various journals and magazines sing the same old song - you should do this and that to be zippy, young, 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 lift in a brand new BMW, desolation is your destiny! If you are not beautiful enough, you life is a mistake! If your muscles are not prominent enough you will definitely finish 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 history - give the way to teens or they will kick you out of their way! Judging by our mass culture the whole world goes crazy and we are ecstatic about it… Do you still need more proves to decipher why you feel so ill at ease when special trainings and psychological counsels start feeding you with inner beauty that is far more important that a mere shell!

There is a stunning discrepancy between what mass culture tells us and what definite specialists tell us. That is exactly why you cannot find a foundation to rest at! Let us try to dissect this painful term to get a pretty good idea of what beauty is! It will help you understand whether you want to be the slave of your mortal shell or try to realize what you are like deep inside your soul!

We use the term beauty to characterize any person, animal, place, object, phenomenon or idea that we perceive with a feeling of joy and satisfaction. Beauty is an essential 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 impossible to reach in reality.

If fact, the sensation of beauty is nothing but a mixture of natural harmony and balance in every detail, it makes a human being, animal, place, object, phenomenon or idea in question incredibly attractive and nice for persons 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 background 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 believed to be beautiful at all! Beautiful meant “good in its time”, that is why old personalities and even crippled warriors were considered just as beautiful as young and healthy humans. Can you find anything of the kind in our up-to-date society proclaiming the epoch of equality and human rights?

You will be shocked to learn that little children very early acquire a preference for beautiful faces; in fact it is a kind of cognitive standard any man and woman is born with! No wonder the universal standarts of beauty and attractiveness are similar across various cultures and genders. Number one building block of beauty is symmetry. The clue is rather simple here - we all like symmetry and proportion because it is the proof of absence of any genetic or acquired defects. No wonder ancient people 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 showed their love of symmetry and proportion having erected a number of wonderful buildings, immaculate statues of men and women etc. Renaissance Europe restored this ancient idea of beauty that is why even today we call definite types of male and female body and face proportion a “classical beauty”.

Discussing 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 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. Surprised? OK, here are some clues for understanding the nature of beauty of the opposite sex!

You will not deny the fact that people who are relatively young, have smooth skin, well-proportioned bodies and regular features are always considered to be beautiful throughout the history of humanity. You can be absolutely sure you fancied your mate 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 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 men and women. Remember, we have a number of natural 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 showed that the bulk of people 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 showed, 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 relationship is intended;
- moderate amount of torso hair.

What are the determinants of female outer beauty? As recent research showed, heterosexual men prefer:

- waist-to-hip ratio of about 0.70 because women with hourglass figures are more fertile than other women due to higher levels of certain female hormones, and this fact subconsciously lures the males choosing mates;
- symmetrical face and body showing of good inheritance and ability to create healthy kids;
- big eyes, dilated pupils, small chin and nose, high eyebrows and wide smile;
- women 2.5 - 7 years younger than their mates;
- signs 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 normal body mass index (neither too thin nor too plump);
- long legs as a subconscious sign of good health (not merely aesthetic feature).

It is really sad 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, ultra-skinny models promote disorders in the heads of many personalities. Glamorous movie idols force ordinary young people try and fit into extremely narrow standards of TV beauty. Easy excess to dirty pictures and videos creates false notions of normal body proportions. Do not forget that the teens are the most vulnerable group of human society and they have to face it daily! What can be done in a situation like this? Keep fit and healthy because real beauty is impossible 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 hanging out with your friends and pursuing your goals. Be very careful about your food 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 generic internet drugstore to save you time and money.

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