yeah, they are the beauty standards because they are beautiful. most people can agree on what is aesthetically pleasing in an objective sense. i. e. an ass shaped like a hippos is not aesthetically pleasing.
That quote was made to be inclusive of other types of beauty, to be against society.
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Cause for example I might find uhm Tom pretty handsome, but my bestie will say he is the most ugliest person she has ever seen. Lol
Sure there are some beauty standards but just having a big ass won't make you automatically good looking lol
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder although health is a universal factor. People generally agree that clear skin, straight, white teeth, and healthy hair are attractive. Symmetry is an important factor. Hair style and makeup can also make a huge difference.
But beyond that, there is no universal standard of beauty. It varies widely in different parts of the world. Even individuals have different preferences. A minor flaw can even add character and make a girl adorable to some.
People could look at photos of a variety of pretty female faces and agree that they are all beautiful, but disagree on which they prefer. One might prefer a certain type of nose, chin, jaw line, cheek, eyebrow, eye color, or mouth/lip shape over another.
When it comes to women's bodies, there is even a greater diversity of preference. Some guys prefer tall or short; skinny, thin, thicc, hourglass or chubby; small, medium or large boobs.
And then there is personality that can make a pretty girl unattractive or a plain girl beautiful.
So, we might agree that a girl is beautiful, but we often do not agree on level of attraction. Media and magazines try to tell girls what beauty looks like, and consumers wind up buying the scam. Beauty contests pick winners and losers, but do we always agree on the choices? It's a bit like trying to rate what kind of music is the best.
I know that I have my preferences, but my perfect ideal doesn't match fashion standards. I think cute is the most attractive of all.
It's called hypocrisy
Each human is different yet he is still a human. We all share the same attributes but just in different degrees.
Beauty is in the eyes of beholder is a sophisticated way of saying "i don't find you good looking but somebody else might". What society accepts may or may not be for the best (if the society accepts a beauty standard where a girl needs to eat less and change her physical body to match it (artificial change such as plastic surgery), it's not a right thing)
There is also something called "golden ratio". Search for "golden ratio and beauty" on google
Because everyone as a collective will not always agree on the same thing. People find Emma Watson to be beautiful there is a whole rave about her, to me she looks below average not even attractive. Some people find Adam Driver to be absolutely hot... I strongly disagree he isn't attractive physically in my opinion. Ed sheeran, people find him hot I also say NO. Sophia Loren in her youth wasn't beautiful to me at all... she had a banging body but thats it.
The reason why society will have beauty standards is because its being pushed by the running power. Only because the running power find it acceptable it is what is. If yoi keep saying something often eventually believe it until you have your own epiphany.
Personality can make someone look hot so thats also plays a part.
Beauty standards change with every era.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xrp0zJZu0a4Millions of women think the same as you do and work to achieve/maintain that desired look; you're not alone. In almost every woman's head they think they have the ideal look or better. What men see? Clones. Yes, it's hot to some men, but a lot of them are starting to get tired of seeing the same girl over and over again. This beauty fad is going to lose it's luster sooner or later.
Just be healthy, and take care of yourself. You don't have to follow the trends to get attention, just being a healthy weight have having a cute face should be enough to turn heads or get compliments.
What it means is that there's lots of grey areas. One woman might only look attractive to 20% of people but those people think she's a top level beauty in some way. Another woman could look good to 80% of people but again... there's people who think she's a total dog. So 100% of people don't agree on everything.
Also that saying was created BEFORE photography even existed. It's easy to look good in a picture, using various tricks. It doesn't mean you can do an apples to apples comparison that's fair between two pictures cause you don't really know what tricks were involved. Most people have relationships with real people, not digital images so the old saying is still true.
You'll find a lot of guys who aren't interested in women with tons of makeup, even IF he thinks she looks good/ish in a picture.
Refer to Desmond Morris's "MANWATCHING: A Field Guide to Human Behavior" mid-70's.
Several Psychological Experiments were conducted wherein newborn infants less than a year old, were exposed to images of a wide range of human being's photos and it was shown that devoid of any human reinforcement by caregivers, the infants shown visible positive responses to attractive strangers than to merely average-appearance-d random strangers. There appears some genetically-inherited transmitted preferences as to 'what' is perceived as being aesthetically subjectively 'attractive', ... such as facial symmetry, ... more pronounced eyes, well-shaped lips, etc.
There are two parts to your question.
First, beauty is not just physical beauty. It's like intelligence, there isn't just one kind...
Second, you must be aware that what we conceive of beauty is socially constructed, but what people perceive as attractive changed.
In Victorian times, being pale white was attractive. How many tanning places are running these days?
Also, think of the paintings of Rubens - in his day being more chubby, for lack of a better word l, was a sign of status, like my previous example.
Try to feel good in your own skin and work on yourself. That is plenty attractive in my book.
Here we go again. People claiming that "society sets the standard of beauty" nonsense. Yet society tried to make fat girls a standard of beauty and failed miserably. There are certain traits that are universal standards of beauty because they indicate health and good genetics. Beyond that it comes down to personal taste. I do not find heavy makeup to be attractive no how matter how often it's pushed as a beauty standard. If anything I find it less attractive the more it's pushed. Blonde women are just beautiful because their genes were selected for beauty over time. Another woman's genes might be selected to be a hard worker, a good caretaker, or to simply be submissive.
Society? Could you be a bit more specific? I guess you are talking about Western eurocentric beauty standards, since you posted a picture of a blonde white woman that fits the definition of attractive in the Western world.. But they aren't the only ones. World population is 7.6 billion. Each ethnicity has their own beauty standards and these tend to be different from place to place and time to time. I could bring up countless examples. For instance, in the Renaissance period, extremely overweight women were considered attractive, if you look at Renaissance paintings.
Also, what's considered fat, slim and normal weight by white, black, Hispanic or Middle-Eastern people, is different...
It's quite simple, really. Both statements are true. It's a matter of mathematics. Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And each individual "beholder" is one vote. So, if the majority of people behold beauty in one person, then that person has a preponderance of support among the populace; therefore they are considered universally beautiful. Some others, while still considered absolutely beautiful by a minority, with not receive such broad-based across the board recognition. Since less people find them beautiful. However, that does not mean that they are not beautiful. Because, again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Because not everyone has the same taste. Even someone considered conventionally attractive and regarded by most as beautiful isn't everyone's cup of tea. Look at the differing opinions on the beauty of models and celebrities.
Conversely, people who are not considered conventionally attractive can still be attractive to certain people.
The girl in the pic is super hot first off and my ideal type. Let me address the beauty in the eye of the beholder statement though. I think it correlates to taste. Example, yes most of the time beauty is universal but definitely not always. Many many many times me and my buddies will be together and have different opinions on which girl is the prettiest. Which assets are best on a woman and things of that nature. Everyone is different.
It's true that some people are attractive to many, but almost no one is attractive to everyone. I find Anya Taylor-Joy and Margaret Qualley very attractive, but Gigi Hadid not so much.
The point of the saying is that some people are very happy with partners that other generally find unattractive.
That's true of matters of taste in general. For example, people have wildly different tastes in food! However, far more people in the world love pizza as opposed to Brussels sprouts, e. g.
People have wildly different tastes in films. However, a film like Titanic gets a super high rating among audiences while some of my favorite horror films get lukewarm ratings and reviews.
We can go on with taste in music and so forth.
There are guys who find me extremely beautiful but yet there are also others who find me average. Then there are those who aren’t attracted to me at all. So yes I can say beauty really is in eye of the beholder
I have seen guys hit on the most average plain looking girls and call them beautiful. So yes beauty is in eye of beholder
There are general beauty standards like symmetry and proportions of face and body. Big eyes, full lips, clean skin, dominant jaw by men can be considered as those general standards as well.
Everything else like amount of body fat, eyes and hair color are very likely regional norms or caused due bias of society.
It's not just how they look but how they project themselves... e. g. how they feel inside from the sub conscious mind. That woman has good looks, but emotionally she's saying something scary... cold/embittered.
As well, what we see is different than what is there because our minds eye forms the image.
There are many types of beauty and a person might objectively say that somebody is good looking but not be attracted to them. You might be attracted to something that is not considered beautiful by the large society.
The common denominator for what people find attractive seems to be good health.
Society promotes certain types so they can make money. I member the '90's with Cindy Crawford, Sharon Stone, and Pamela Anderson. Fast forward to this generation and we got the Kardashians, Nicki Minaj, and Cardi B. All fake but women buy into it. Literally. Yea Pam Anderson got a boob job but she didn't go all out like the Kardashians!
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