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Category: Aesthetics
Elements of aesthetics.
Aesthetic surgery of women’s genitals: reduction of large labia minora
Large labia minora can result in chronic irritations, worsened hygiene, interfere with sexual intercourse and be aesthetically displeasing. The solution is surgical reduction, and the technique addressed here is inferior wedge reduction with superior pedicle flap reconstruction.(1, pdf)
(Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 | Tags: Aesthetics, Improving looks)Comments (1) | Notify others
Women’s body size preferences among men in Britain, Malaysia and Samoa
Here are two studies on cross-cultural comparisons.
(Posted on Saturday, April 12, 2008 | Tags: Aesthetics, Science)Comments (0) | Notify others
Some sex/gender differences in nose shape; measurements for rhinoplasty
Springer et al.(1, pdf) showed the following noses individually to 308 judges and asked them to judge whether they belong to women or men. Each of the four images shows the average of a sample of men or women, none of whom were the judges.
(Posted on Friday, April 4, 2008 | Tags: Aesthetics, Science)Comments (0) | Notify others
What goes into the selection of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models? Some video clips
Since the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue has been heavily promoted recently, it is time to add to the previous discussion of what goes into the selection of Sports Illustrated swimsuit models. This time some video clips are used. Videos sometimes speak better than a handful of pictures or mere words.
(Posted on Sunday, March 9, 2008 | Tags: Aesthetics, Attractive women, Nudes)Comments (20) | Notify others
What form of women’s body shape was preferred in medieval Europe?
One point that has repeatedly come up in this site’s criticism is that beauty standards fluctuate greatly, an alleged example being that overweight women were preferred in medieval Europe. Just about everyone points out Peter Paul Rubens’ paintings featuring obese women. What did medieval Europeans prefer in women’s looks?
(Posted on Thursday, March 6, 2008 | Tags: Aesthetics, Science)Comments (5) | Notify others
How feminist and non-feminist women rate women’s bodies
Swami et al. examined whether feminist identification in women is associated with different body weight preferences.(1, pdf)
(Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 | Tags: Aesthetics, Science)Comments (0) | Notify others
Leg-length to height ratio and attractiveness
Swami et al. showed line drawings of men and women that varied the length of the legs relative to height, and had the figures rated for appeal by men and women.(1, pdf)
(Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 | Tags: Aesthetics, Science)Comments (6) | Notify others
Shape preferences pertaining to ancestral and derived forms
In a previously addressed study by Albert Magro, he showed that the widespread appeal of the Barbie doll is best explained by Barbie exaggerating many of the derived features in humans. Magro followed up this study with a more elaborate one where he used 18 sets of line drawings representing ancestral, intermediate and derived shapes, and had them rated by men, women, children, adults and people of European, sub-Saharan African and East Asian ancestry.(1, pdf [6.7 MB])
(Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 | Tags: Aesthetics, Science)Comments (0) | Notify others
Stephen Marquardt Phi (Golden ratio) mask formally refuted
A formal criticism of Stephen Marquardt’s Phi (Golden ratio) mask is about to be published. The electronic version was posted online a few days ago. Here is the article in its entirety. It is written for a scientific/medical audience, but its contents have been discussed in a more layperson-friendly manner at this site before.
(Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 | Tags: Aesthetics, Science)Comments (0) | Notify others
The 2004 Miss Poland beauty pageant: a poor choice for discerning what makes women super attractive
Another useless study has been published in a peer-reviewed journal, with the title “Body mass index and waist: hip ratio are not enough to characterize female attractiveness.”(1) Duh! Amazingly, even the editor and peer-reviewers allowed this title.
(Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | Tags: Aesthetics, Science)Comments (2) | Notify others
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