I think that men and women are both naturally equal... under different circumstances, that is. In today's society because we have grown accustomed to what a "beautiful" lady wearing make-up, a girl that does not look like that naturally will be seen as not that attractive. I think we all know the well known phrase, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". In our society we have what we expect men to look like and what we expect women to look like. Since what we expect men to look like is their natural self, they can reach the expectation fairly easily. Since what we expect women to look like is themselves with beauty products, when a girl is all natural she fails to reach that expectation. Therefore, we see her as not as attractive as she could be.
If we lived in a society that viewed women naturally without make-up, our expectations will start to be what a real natural woman looks like. And therefore, making it easier for a girl that is natural to meet those expectations.
Also got to remember that because women use make-up, it can make an ugly girl look attractive. So, when we see a girl that is attractive with make-up and ugly without, we think... wow, she's hideous without all that make-up. We see plenty of ugly girls faking at being attractive because of their make-up, and we start to conclude that girls are not naturally that attractive. In reality, there are plenty of naturally attractive females... and naturally attractive males. There are also plenty of naturally ugly females and naturally ugly males. The difference... an ugly female can fake being attractive and give us the false impression of how many attractive girls are out there. An ugly guy is an ugly guy... they don't fake being attractive.. so, we know what they look like and we know what to expect. Once that ugly girl removes her make-up we all go in shock... Like wow, she's just not attractive. If guys wore make-up and made themselves more attractive because of it. The same thing would happen
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Great question, great point. My father has brought this up before and said that 'most' women primarily rely on makeup and cosmetic to get dolled up where-as men do not usually wear makeup. I, though, do not see a problem with make-up because even Brad Pitt has said "Basically, when you whittle everything away, I'm a grown man who puts on makeup.” It's the smarter thing to do given you care about your appearance.
I like the all natural look. 'Grey sweatpants, no makeup, so perfect' -John Mayer, 'Comfortable' I think that Princess Diana and Jessica Biel fit this bill. I have a pinterest of 'Qualities of my future wife' where it has Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake and she has no makeup and she looks incredible. Justin is so lucky to be able to wake up to her every morning.
Are men naturally better looking that women? Is the most beautiful woman more beautiful that the most handsome man? Good question. And the answer is that you can't compare. Each gender has their own qualities. Women, however, have porcelain, soft, smooth skin, luscious kissable lips, sunshine eyes, cute as a button nose, motor boatin' Himalayan mountain tittays, ass like a model, baby belly button, hot pocket vagina, and many more... And plus, women usually maintain themselves better through personal hygeine and put more thought and planning into their dress than men, which is very much appreciated. What I am trying to say is that if I were a woman, I'd probably be a lesbian. Thank God I am a man.
LOL.. I don't agree at all with this. Women.. men.. both attractive. It's just a matter of preference which one you prefer sexually. I'm a pansexual who is attracted to all, but I do think women are visually more pleasing, especially a woman's body. Men in general actually HAVE to work out or else they don't have a shape (and no excuses, men have a lot of testerone which makes it easier for them to get in shape, most of them are just lazy and probably still think that women don't mind an out of shape male body) Next to that: women don't need make up either. Most men I've met prefer women without make up actually. So how does that fall in to your view?
Men THINK that they don't need to do anything to make themselves look better. That's those old fashioned ideas about women not being visually attracted to men. That's why there's less pressure on them when it comes to appearance. It's sad to see someone from a younger generation have such ideas about men and women and is still holding on to old gender ideas. Like the idea that men age better. If I look around both men and women look pretty hagard when they get old (40+) lol. There's no difference there. Only people with money seem to age really well, like all those male and female celebrities who can hire personal staff to keep them in shape and feed them the best foods. Or people who live VERY healthy lives (work out a lot and eat clean foods only)
The only reason you think this way, is because we make ourself look soooo much better with all these treatments, cosmetics /makeup and such, that when we don't wear them we think of ourselves as ugly, but it's not that, it's just that you're comparing it to your upgraded self! but if makeup were never invented we wouldn't even think we look ugly without it cause we wouldn't have a better imagine of ourselves to compare it with...
Do you see what I mean?
guys don't upgrade they stay the same, so you don't have some other image to compare them with.. if they did you'd think the same that they look much uglier without it.. but society has made it this way..
We all would basically look the same, (hairy humans).. but we ourselves decided that the female must take this and this off and put this and this on to look different from a guy, then when you don't follow these rules you look less of a woman and appear to be less attractive only because you're being compared to something people have classified as better suitable and better looking for a woman.
I asked this question, and received quite a bit of hate. Everyone seems to think women are the best looking. I do not agree, I think men are better looking by nature. Men wake up almost looking their best. Women needs makeup, hair styling and clothes to look decent. I man can turn heads by looking like when he got out of bed. A natural woman, can be pretty, but she won't turn heads. Because there a women with fake eyelashes, who turns them instead of her.
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well, it is not actually the physical beauty as being symmetrical that is more or less, but it is rather the different ways of attracting in men and women.
Men's attraction is less physical and more psychological, whereas women's attractiveness is more physical and less psychological. a man when he is both physically carefully symmetrical and psychologically has the ideal manly traits is worshipped, a man with average physical attractiveness but the ideal manly traits is still worshipped, while in women if a woman has physical beauty and feminine traits she's worshipped but when is physically under the average beauty she has not much to offer psychologically to make her attractive. it is because the attractiveness of a woman is much more in the observable side of beauty.
in other words men attract by a simpler natural trait that is first and foremost the willpower. while women have no will involved in their own attractiveness. So they do things to themselves physically to make themselves more appealing and what they do has the equal place that willpower has for men.
A man, straightens up his shoulders, looks wilfully to the front, puts his steps stronger on the ground, and suddenly he is ten times more attractive. a woman adds a lipstick, a fake eyelash, a bit of makeup and a little flower to her hair and suddenly she's ten times more attractive.
Yes, for men it is more natural, and it is more easy. but the essence isn't different. it is only the ways that are different and that is because of the different nature of men and women.
as for physical beauty in general, as I said it is not more or less but equally goes on levels in both men and women.Make up is less to do with beauty and more to do with femininity. As an artist, I will draw a feminine character with long eyelashes, eyebrows kind of pointing up to make for a pouting look, fuller lips, softer look. With masculinity, I go for dark eyebrows and eyelashes, eyebrows pointed down a bit in a sexy, serious look, hard mouth set in a line. Some men who are gay and flamboyant will wear make-up to achieve a feminine look to show he is the submissive in the sexual relationship. It gives them the impression of bigger eyes which seem vulnerable and kind. Narrow eyes (can be highlighted with eyeliner) gives an impression of a more mysterious, dark character (hence why some male models on cologne covers will have eyeliner). I think both sexes are sexy and beautiful, but 'm all for traditional feminine/masculine looks. With females, I am a bit biased and will find the mysterious, dark look attractive on her. With males, again I'm biased and unfair- but zero attraction to feminine thing.
As a heteroflexible, I can tell you I see a different beauty in males and females. Guys, i love their masculinity, their hard, lean bodies, their strong neck, arms, shoulders, that sexy, arrogant, testosterone air about them. So basically, with men, I am hardcore into masculine men. With women, I fancy a feminine woman. She can wear pants and eyeliner, but she has to have long hair, make-up, look classy/feminine. I don't go for masculine girls, just as I don't go for feminine guys.omg thats so true lol Take any hot girl and take away her makeup, figure enhancing materials (good bra, etc.), don't let her shave or pluck her eyebrows, and no fancy flattering clothing... well, lets just say even the hottest girls won't be so hot anymore. Not necessarily unattractive, but men do very little to be striking. They have better facial features too. While some women do have angular, sculpted faces (like most high fashion models), many more men have them. Good cheekbones, sculpted jaw bones, also I've noticed men have better eyebrows. lol Their bodies burn fat better compared to most women, they're taller, they age better, etc. Women are beautiful but men are more likely to be naturally striking with minimal to no effort.
I love makeup. I don't wear tons, but I have a look I like. I also like days when I wear no makeup. Id say I am a very pretty girl, but there's absolutely no doubt about it - way more heads turn when I have my makeup on. It enhances whats already there. Men need less enhancement. Their features tend to be bolder anyway, and more striking. Of course not all men are good looking, same for women.I think that we are similar if not equal. I just think that men have lower standards for what makes a woman attractive. Ask women to rate each other and then ask men to rate women. I cann almost assure you that the average score men give will be higher. Men value looks over other attributes. Now with most men not caring for the other attributes at first it makes sense to lower the value of "attractive" to allow more women an opportunity as realistically most guys can't all get the really attractive girls. Now women value status and power more which is why looks is not as important. They would love an attractive man but they are content with a guy who has status and power so they don't really mind.
You can't directly compare male and female physical attractiveness, but I will say that for most mammal males generally look at quantity and females qualityLets look at this from in a scientific way
Humans are part of the animal kingdom so let us take a look at other species:
Rooster vs Hen: rooster is colorful and beautiful, hen is not
Lion vs lioness: lion is bigger with visible muscles and big crane, lioness is just a big cat
Male peacock vs female peacock: male peacock is blue with a big beautiful tail, female is just grey
Males are naturally better looking than females in the animal kingdom which includes humans
Human females wear makeup, wax, dye their hair etc... They do all kind of beauty enhancement to look good but human males only need to shave
So human males are NATURALLY better looking than femalesMost men don't wear makeup, therefore we perceive "no makeup" to be the standard. Women can either wear makeup and be "better looking" (as defined by current society) or not wear it and be "less beautiful" aka less emphasis on features. It's not that men are so much better looking than women, it's that men don't have two possible ways of looking (enhanced and not) so they look really good since all of them are fairly unenhanced. Kind of like how lots of people looked good *relative to others* in the 1980/ despite clothing being hideous lol.
You kidding me girl? I slab so much makeup on I could get a job as a rodeo clown.
i.telegraph.co.uk/.../...raphics-2008_1129745a.jpgNot at all, women don't 'need' makeup the thing is that it's acceptable for women to do it and pretty much unacceptable amongst men to use it unless they're actors. I don't see why women like men at all then again i'm a straight male... in saying that girls are far prettier and even a lot of women go for feminine guys. Fair enough if women want to go for a masculine guy, but you'll never see the average guy going for a masculine woman.
I actually think so. Men are attractive without needing makeup or hair to hide flaws.
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The primary difference seems to be that the idea of female beauty usually stems as a result of daily grooming habits- makeup, doing hair, picking out the best outfit; the idea of male beauty usually stems as a result of daily exercise- a good physique and proper eating habits.
Hence, a man with a great physique looks good whether he's in a suit or just rolled out of bed in his boxers. A woman, on the other hand, is likely to need daily maintenance rituals to look like a female ideal (short, male bed hair looks better than long, female bed hair; also shaving legs and pits). Now, most men would likely disagree that women still usually look good before makeup and such, but the media's ideal female beauty requires more grooming than the male one, usually.This is actually a varying poll. NATURALLY, meaning the absence of makeup, beauty products, etc. (Most helpful opinion) Women naturally are more attractive from ages 12-14 until about age 25-32. Men on the other hand don't normally become more attractive until around 13-21 (slower physically maturing means it takes longer/lasts longer) then they don't start to look older until around ages 43-58. Women are natural more attractive when they are younger, being we are in a sense animals, this is to help find a mate. The males are meant to find a young but mature female for obvious reasons. To put it simply: women are naturally more attractive sooner AND overall, men are more attractive with time, but not overall more.
Hope I've helped!Actually, women wear makeup because women have different personalities whereas we are more insecure. Its not that we need makeup because we aren't good looking. We're just so used to seeing ourselves with makeup that once we don't there's such a big difference that we think we're ugly, but thats not the case of course. Also, we perceive some features or styles as a feminine style or a masculine style. So men have features which wouldn't look good highlighted with contouring or lipstick. We just perceive red lips and rosy cheeks and long eyelashes as feminine features, so men don't wear it because they would look "girly". This is my own opinion, i'm not defending my own sex. This is really how I see it, and many other people do too, in society makeup is just feminine, so girls wear it, and in modern society as well due to polls and surveys girls tend to be more insecure than boys.
it's because society's standards for beauty in women are based on women who wear makeup, have had augmentations, reductions, etc, and have infinite amounts of money to buy flattering clothes. most people i talk to (including myself actually) think women are actually more aesthetically pleasing than men. there's something about the shape of a woman and the way she carries herself that is more appealing. i'm sure not everyone thinks this but most people with whom i have discussed it think this. and even an ugly girl usually isn't actually ugly and there is still something beautiful about her.
I think that men dont have much to screw up on in the morning. Their hair is short, they just shave all their facial hair is usually shaved etc. Girls on the other hand have thing of beauty such as long hair and nails etc, which are harder to maintain but all in all more attractive. and for some reason i think that a standard was made for women to be more groomed therefore making it harder. also i think that a lot of women i know have such natural beauty and they put so much gook on their face, that i hardly know who they are physically. its sad
Men are better looking in my eyes because I'm a straight woman. But in response to what you said about men being beautiful without plastic surgery & make up, women can be beautiful without those things as well. Women just feel pressured to do these things to compete with other women who are doing these things. They don't want to be less attractive than other women, but in reality, plastic surgery can make people look worse. I say accept what you look like, & find someone who sees you as beautiful.
Well, in my opinion, men can get away in general with a lot more than women.
It's not that men are naturally better looking, it's that they less pressure on them as far as looks.
With men, it's either you're born "hot" or you're not. They most they can do is go to the gym , shower and have a decent haircut to help.
With women: If they wear a booty pop, a pushup bra, a girdle, make up and hair extensions/bleach/dye/perm, have their nails done, they'll be equal to the "hot" girl.
I know what I said is a bit over exaggerated but, men definitely keep the natural look more often than women.Yes, men in a way are naturally better looking. We're desirable if we're rugged and hard featured. As women, beauty is found by accentuating particular aspects of femininity.
i. e. Masculinity is a natural trait while femininity is product of design.
On the other hand, a females body is naturally better looking then a mans.Yes, we are. I can't believe the majority voted no, it's a well-known fact men are the fairer sex. I mean, think about it, us men get better looking as we age. Women lose their looks in their late 20's. A man can be 40 though and look more handsome than he did when he was 18. Men also don't have to wear make-up to be attractive like you said. I leave you with a sexist joke.
Why do women wear make-up and perfume? Because they're ugly and they stink!I'd say that we've just become "desensitized" to the female natural face, to the point where we have higher expectations for women - thus think that they *need* makeup in order to be pretty.
If the roles were reversed and men were the ones wearing makeup, we would most probably think that women are naturally more beautiful.all I know based on the movie Knocked Up is that around 30 men get hotter and women don't get hotter hahaa.
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