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Survival of the Prettiest : The Science of Beauty - Community Reviews back

by Nancy L. Etcoff
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Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 12 years ago
An interesting read about appearance and how what we perceive as beauty is actually subtle clues that tell us that the person we're looking at is healthy and capable of bearing children or able to support someone while they were pregnant and/or rearing children. It's also an interesting look at how...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 16 years ago
Argues for an evolutionary basis for the notion of "beauty" but then tries to argue than the current cultural ideal is somehow natural. Yeah, throughout humanity, blonde, young, skinny-waisted, big-boobed Barbie looks have been the epitome of health and fecundity? Give me a break. The idea that evol...
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