Okay, I admit it. There is no evolutionary component to sexual attraction.

[BrotherIvan]

107. Athletes and models often stop menstruating

"The women you knew in college" did not have the same low bodyweight as a model must keep in order to work. The camera adds weight so these women must stay very thin. Working in the film industry, I was amazed at how very thin actresses were in real life that looked "normal". They're called lollipops due to their thin frames and huge heads. Hugging them was like hugging a concentration camp victim or a very frail bird. Almost creepy feeling, as if they would break.

Models who wish to get pregnant often resort to fertility treatments, such as Angelina Jolie. Body fat under 16% causes amenorrhea, where the ovaries stop producing estrogen. That is usually a starting point for most supermodels, and the most successful are somewhere between 10-13%.

What I am saying is sexual preference is highly manipulated by media. Just looking at the history of the SI covers shows that. Retouching also leads to unreal expectations for both men and women. I suspect that is why women get so angry, because there is so much pressure to look like that. On the flipside is the roided up he-man image men are supposed to attain in order to be sexy. Ultra-frail women and gigantic men shows how extreme we have become in our caricature of gender roles.

Here is a swimsuit shot before and after retouching. Notice Alessandra Ambrosio on the left. The other two are considered "plus" sized models yet probably looked like "the women you knew in college" as one is a size 6 and the other an 8 on two very tall women.



So the evolutionary argument doesn't work because we're being taught to respond to body types we wouldn't in real life.