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In reply to the discussion: Okay, I admit it. There is no evolutionary component to sexual attraction. [View all]BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)In my father's generation, he would have drooled over the woman on the left. Evolution-wise, it makes more sense. But today's males have been conditioned to revere the woman on the right.

But I highly doubt she would even get a gig now.
And while people are up in arms that their "tastes" are being called into question, women are scared because their FOUR year-olds are calling themselves fat and wanting to diet. Women and girls have terrible self-images and eating disorders because they are told they don't have any VALUE, any worth beyond their attractiveness to men, an attractiveness that is wholly artificial. It is hurting women and girls, but if the attitude is, "I don't give a shit because it turns me on" that's well like someone who doesn't care about WalMart starving their workers because they like low prices. Or we have to let people die due to austerity so the rich can keep their nice toys. Or that pedophiles who engage in traffic of both children "because it turns them on." And usually I find, someone is trying to sell me something.
The best I can try to do for myself is do no harm. If someone points out to me that something is harmful, I try to examine it and see what I can do to change myself. I don't need to be turned on 24/7 by every billboard, magazine and ad. I like living in the real world most days. I am not advocating it for everyone, just pointing out some facts.