From: alisa (azelismia@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun May 09 2004 - 14:23:58 MDT
Well, if you go for that heavily made up look... Who knows what lurks
underneath the makeup. Notice we don't get to see an unmade up before and
after pic. I don't think she is attractive in either one. She is just
polished. there is a difference. But, a facade can be quite effective if
you are only going after a one night stand or men who aren't attractive
either. They do say that we tend to be attracted to those of our own level
( on a real basis, not an oh she/he is hot basis)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr Sebby" <drsebby@hotmail.com>
To: <virus@lucifer.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:08 PM
Subject: Re:virus: Transhuman (Body work)
> ...it's easy for men to seem profound and say things like, "oh, that's
> disgusting..." or "she was better looking before she started!"...or "i
would
> never go on a date with chick that looked like that". but we are trained
to
> know that statements like that will win us points in the minds of others.
> the fact is that she does look considerably better now than she did
before.
> what is fairly unattractive is her obsession and what i imagine to be a
> pathological personality. but even that statement is unfair for me to
> say...some people are born with good looks, and those that arent can
pretend
> it doesnt matter all they want, but the fact is it does. we are
genetically
> wired this way...we WANT to be found 'attractive' or 'alluring' by our
> peers. we want to have people think, "oooh, what a sexpot that is!" and
> when we dont? we learn to deal with it and find the best possible
> alternative.
>
> ...so; is this chick more attractive now? yes. but in lieu of her
> obsession, i imagine she comes with lots of seriously annoying
psychological
> accompanyments. so i believe i could find a much better all around
package
> elsewhere. who knows, i could be wrong...maybe because of her new
> self-confidence-inducing appearance, she's lost her psycho aspects. but
> conventional wisdom tells me as a male that if i were to encounter her at
a
> cocktail party and she was looking her best, i might be up for quickly
> bending her over a sofa, lifting the dress up and having a quick go at
her.
>
>
>
> DrSebby.
> "Courage...and shuffle the cards".
>
>
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "rhinoceros" <rhinoceros@freemail.gr>
> Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
> To: virus@lucifer.com
> Subject: Re:virus: Transhuman (Body work)
> Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 11:25:03 -0600
>
> [hkhenson]
> http://www.cindyjackson.com/my_surgery.php
>
>
> [rhinoceros]
> I am a bit sceptical, and not sure at all whether I would chose the
"before"
> or the "after" (if I had to).
>
> <quote>
> When Ohio native Cindy Jackson decided to transform her face, she followed
> what she calls 'some basic anthropological laws of human attraction.' None
> of this surprises researchers studying physical attraction.Perceptions of
> beauty are universal and automatic, they say, in direct response to
specific
> facial characteristics.
> Lynn Smith, The Los Angeles Times
> <end quote>
>
> [rhinoceros]
> Is it so? I have seen those facial measurements etc published all around,
> and I can instantly and automatically recognize Barbie and what she
> represents, but I doubt I would be inclined to hit on her.
>
> And I don't believe I am a statistical anomaly. What I think is that this
> "recognition of beauty" is just a cultural and intercultural conformity.
> After all, the magazines on the newsstands are more or less global these
> days.
>
>
> <quote>
> With laser-beam precision, she has repositioned tissue, cartilage and bone
> to transform herself into one of the most desirable women of the late 20th
> century.
> Corinna Honan, The Daily Telegraph
> <end quote>
>
> [rhinoceros]
> Putting aside this small exaggeration, I think desirability has many
> different facets. If you walk on the streets and listen to that verbal
> fraction of our fellow-citizens, you will hear different kinds of
> compliments for different types of women, with or without "love-handles"
and
> "saddlebags".
>
> I suspect that when a boy looks at a magazine cover and sees the woman of
> his dreams he actually sees more than "universal beauty". At the least, he
> sees someone who will be readily recognized as beautiful by his peers. At
> most, he sees glitter and a "different kind of life".
>
>
> <quote>
> Farm-girl turned cover-girl.
> Wendy Leigh, The Sunday Mirror
> <end quote>
>
> [rhinoceros]
> A legit goal, but it shouldn't be taken as something else.
>
>
>
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