Aesthetics

General issues related to aesthetics:

• General review of correlates of beauty such as femininity, averageness and fluctuating asymmetry.
• Aesthetic preferences for derived physical features.
• Femininity as a correlate of beauty in women.
• The preferences of men vs. women.
• Judgment of beauty across ethnic groups..

Special Issues:

• Why is attractiveness more important for women?
• Aesthetics in international beauty pageants. A discussion of whether it is possible to objectively compare the attractiveness of women from different ethnic groups. Also includes a discussion of alleged correlates of beauty such as neoteny/pedomorphy and the extent of Europeanization of facial features.
• Machines judging human beauty.

A list of correlates of aesthetics discussed within this site related to body size and shape variables:

• Body weight.
• Ears.
• Eyebrows.
• Feet.
• Height.
• Leg-body ratio.
• Mandible or lower jaw.
• Nose.
• Waist and hip proportions.

A discussion of various theoretical approaches to beauty:

• Stephen Marquardt's Phi mask.
• The golden ratio and beauty. Many people have argued that beauty, especially facial beauty, is related to the golden ratio. Is this the case?

Sub-sections (already addressed above):