About Sexual Attraction

It doesn’t matter whether you pride yourself on the fact that you take people at more than face value, that you appreciate human beings for their character rather than for their looks.

We might scoff at people who proclaim that they will not date a person unless they have substantial material assets, a broad back, and good breeding. Yet why do we find ourselves making conversation with physically attractive people while blowing off the more unattractive ones?

Why do our heads whip around when we see a man/woman in a Porsche? Why do my male friends all have the same prerequisites for the perfect female despite race and ethnicity: perky breasts, slim waist, and full lips? Despite most people's lofty notions of equality, and beauty being in the eye of the beholder, we are all susceptible to certain physical and material traits that make some humans more desirable than others. Perhaps we cannot punish ourselves for our weakness when we see beautiful and successful people, part of the answer lies in the biology and evolution of humans. Males and females have different standards for a desirable mate, and we share many of these characteristics with other animals in the animal kingdom, yet these instincts are inherent for a reason: reproduction.

Cross-cultural studies have found that men, despite coming from different countries find similar traits attractive in females. Men's preferences are biologically and evolutionarily hardwired to find signs of youth and health attractive in women in order to determine which females are best suited to carry on their gene, and legacy. Healthier and more youthful women are more likely to reproduce, and be able to take care of the children after birth, hence ensuring a perpetuation of the male's gene. Scientist's have also been establishing that scent plays an important role in deeming females attractive. At certain points during their menstrual cycle women produce more or less estrogens accordingly. During certain times thought the menstrual cycle their sent can be more or less appealing to males.

Women on the other hand are judicious, prudent, and discerning about the men they consent to mate with because they have so many valuable reproductive resources to offer hence their preferences and what they find sexually attractive in a male are based more on security and longevity of relationships. Athletic prowess is an important attribute to most women that hearkens back to the beginning of man. An athletic and well-muscled male is more likely to be a good hunter hence provide for a family. Large and athletic male can also provide physical protection from other males. Women are attracted to a successful male because this is indicative of his ability to provide for a family. This is a desirable trait that is shared by females thought the animal kingdom.

Maybe you will not find attractive the person that might be the love of your life.

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