08-18-2020, 10:14 PM
I believe the purpose for an attraction to beauty traces back to the more animalistic parts of our DNA memory. In the animal kingdom the most beautiful have the largest selection of "suitors" so they have the best chances of breeding and securing the continuation of the species as per instinct. Humans are just animals in clothes who drive cars but have the same instincts as all other animals- to propagate the species.
When we are young and entering the time when our breeding instincts kick in we become attracted to physical appearance. Just as birds are attracted to brightly colored feathers and beautiful song in their quests to mate humans become attracted by the softness and curves of the female or the height and musculature of the male. We are attracted to the physical and don't really have any sort of control over what traits and characteristics get our "motors running". Natural instincts are a strange thing!
Fortunately age and experience teach us that physical appearance is far, far down the list of important factors for choosing a life mate. I guess that's why so many that marry young end up divorced- hormones chose their mate before they were mature enough to think past them.
When we are young and entering the time when our breeding instincts kick in we become attracted to physical appearance. Just as birds are attracted to brightly colored feathers and beautiful song in their quests to mate humans become attracted by the softness and curves of the female or the height and musculature of the male. We are attracted to the physical and don't really have any sort of control over what traits and characteristics get our "motors running". Natural instincts are a strange thing!
Fortunately age and experience teach us that physical appearance is far, far down the list of important factors for choosing a life mate. I guess that's why so many that marry young end up divorced- hormones chose their mate before they were mature enough to think past them.