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This isn't clear on whether the specific facial cues would vary between cultures and times or whether we just compare vs other people we know.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
This isn't clear on whether the specific facial cues would vary between cultures and times or whether we just compare vs other people we know.
- pessimizer 12y agoCultures and times are based on the people we know. edit: This is a silly discussion. Find a story in a magazine extolling the appearance of some athlete (for example) that has a photograph or physical description. Then look for the same thing from the 1950s, 1920s, or 1880s. Then look for the same thing in China, then in China in the 1950s. Look at the images of motherhood in advertisements. Look at images of respectability before and after impositions of colonial rule. Appearance-based decisionmaking is almost entirely culturally bound.
- jiggy2011 12y agoIs this the case with specific facial features? Facial features that are considered attractive in various ways seem to remain relatively consistent between times and cultures.
- lomnakkus 12y agoBy no means an expert, but AFAIK this isn't the case, except for a few obvious traits: symmetry and an even skin tone. (The hypothesis being that these are traits are that the evolution of our brains/mind has latched onto as obvious signs of genetic fitness.)