Quote From: kay_bekResearch such as this can be manipulated.
I,as well,have read the research about the babies and looks.Frankly it doesn't make sense.Babies and toddlers react positively to whatever they are used to.
Even your own posting states that the perceptions of beauty change all the time.How would a baby know whether the "European look" or "girl next door look" is in ?They don't.They just go by what they are used to.
Being viewed as beautiful often meant death throughout history too.How many beautiful women were thought to be witches?
You stated:"The "beautiful" get more sex-partners, more wives, more money, lesser punishments, more trust, more opportunities etc etc.
If that were true than porn stars and strippers would rule this world -and they don't!
Do you know who the most powerful woman in America was for 2005 - Condoleeza Rice! Not Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson or a Playboy bunny.A few years ago it was Oprah Winfrey.
As for the top 10 most powerful men,well, let's just say there weren't any Brad Pitts no matter how many veneers and hair transplants they had.
Lesser punishments?If you ever get a chance to do some work at a men's prison or you know someone who works there just ask them how the men look.That is where all the good looking men are so your "more pretty lesser punishment" theory is not so.
I have here 16 examples of ppl who are not the "classic beauty" types, none the less they are VERY successful;
Donald Trump, Bill Gates, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Howie Mandel, Barry Mannilow, Dom DeLuise, Jim Belushi, Steve Martin, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Ellen DeGeneres, Dudley Moore
Most of those men I find VERY attractive, and all of those women I think are very beautiful!!!!!
How many can you think of?
Oh Yes and Marylin Monroe was like a size 14, or a size 12.
