Physical Attractiveness -- Face or Body?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woman -- for me it's 40 face, 60 body.

I'm pretty hot (call me an ass if you want), and my hubby is pretty average. We produced some gorgeous kids. There's this weird phenomena that exists, for some reason two very attractive people seem to produce unattractive kids (or strange looking kids), but you take one hottie and one average guy and you have really hot children. They have some unique features you can't replicate otherwise -- makes them strikingly unique and beautiful. And yes I'm generalizing, there are no absolutes.

Case in point: Angelina Jolie's parents (John Voight's her dad, her mom is hot), Ryan Reynolds parents (google them).... I could go on...

Talking about Angelina Jolie and your theory, her biological kids are not that ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woman -- for me it's 40 face, 60 body.

I'm pretty hot (call me an ass if you want), and my hubby is pretty average. We produced some gorgeous kids. There's this weird phenomena that exists, for some reason two very attractive people seem to produce unattractive kids (or strange looking kids), but you take one hottie and one average guy and you have really hot children. They have some unique features you can't replicate otherwise -- makes them strikingly unique and beautiful. And yes I'm generalizing, there are no absolutes.

Case in point: Angelina Jolie's parents (John Voight's her dad, her mom is hot), Ryan Reynolds parents (google them).... I could go on...

Regression to the mean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean#History

[Anonymous]

100% for both

[Anonymous]

I'm a woman

75 Body, 25 face

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woman. Body 30 Face 70.

With that being said, I might have a one night stand with a guy with a hot body but I dont consider them long term relationship material. I want my kids to be attractive, and I could never be with a fatty, but anyone can have a good body if they exercise and eat right. I want someone with good bone structure to give to my kids.

PP from 11:53 here that said 75 body, 25 face.

The part I bolded is why I put more emphasis on body I think. People can't help their face, but they can (for the most part) improve their body. Having a terrible body is usually the result of laziness and bad habits.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That saying, "She has such a pretty face." Sort of implies her face is pretty but she is fat.

I don't get the attractiveness of the Keira Knightly figures, though. I just saw her in a movie again, and she has no breasts. Her teeth are not great, and she looks like she has an underbite. Her hair is fine, thin, scraggly looking.

LOL what in the fuck? Kiera Knightley is absurdly beautiful. If you can't understand that then your barometer is broken.

Is Keira Knightly really insanely beautiful, or it is just the homosexual men in Hollywood market the look to men who have homosexual tendencies? Why not just be with a boy because that is what she looks like.

If most men didn't find women with curves sexy, then Playboy centerfolds and porn stars would have no breasts and look like Keira Knightly. But they don't.

She is really insanely, objectively beautiful. She could stand to gain some weight but her face is stunning. If we went by what most men find to be be beautiful then I guess Kim Kardashian and Pamela Anderson are the heights of beauty (LOL.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That saying, "She has such a pretty face." Sort of implies her face is pretty but she is fat.

I don't get the attractiveness of the Keira Knightly figures, though. I just saw her in a movie again, and she has no breasts. Her teeth are not great, and she looks like she has an underbite. Her hair is fine, thin, scraggly looking.

LOL what in the fuck? Kiera Knightley is absurdly beautiful. If you can't understand that then your barometer is broken.

Is Keira Knightly really insanely beautiful, or it is just the homosexual men in Hollywood market the look to men who have homosexual tendencies? Why not just be with a boy because that is what she looks like.

If most men didn't find women with curves sexy, then Playboy centerfolds and porn stars would have no breasts and look like Keira Knightly. But they don't.

It's not about what men find sexy... you get that, right? Straight men dont define how women are measured. Objectively, the woman has a totally symmetrical face with beautiful almond eyes, full lips, a tiny nose, and insane cheekbones. Objectively, she fulfills all of our societal mandates for facial beauty. Her body shape is largely irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woman -- for me it's 40 face, 60 body.

I'm pretty hot (call me an ass if you want), and my hubby is pretty average. We produced some gorgeous kids. There's this weird phenomena that exists, for some reason two very attractive people seem to produce unattractive kids (or strange looking kids), but you take one hottie and one average guy and you have really hot children. They have some unique features you can't replicate otherwise -- makes them strikingly unique and beautiful. And yes I'm generalizing, there are no absolutes.

Case in point: Angelina Jolie's parents (John Voight's her dad, her mom is hot), Ryan Reynolds parents (google them).... I could go on...

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Both ANgelina's parents were gorge..... John Voight was a self made movie star for a reason.

And I disagree. I think the defining thing with whether you have ugly kids is reproduing with someone that doesnt have any real over the top, strong facial features.

Oddlly enough, Demi Moore/Bruce Willis's kids would have been really gorgeous facially, if they had not inherited their father's ginormous chin. It worked on him because it's very masculine, but it looks atrocious on three young women.

I am a hot lady myself and I have often wondered what I can do to assure my children will be attractive. What can I say? I grew up being stopped in stores by older people to tell me how cute and beautiful I was. I feel like a lot of what shaped me is based around the unique struggles of being overly attractive. Cant imagine a child who didnt have to deal with that particular journey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woman. Body 30 Face 70.

With that being said, I might have a one night stand with a guy with a hot body but I dont consider them long term relationship material. I want my kids to be attractive, and I could never be with a fatty, but anyone can have a good body if they exercise and eat right. I want someone with good bone structure to give to my kids.

PP from 11:53 here that said 75 body, 25 face.

The part I bolded is why I put more emphasis on body I think. People can't help their face, but they can (for the most part) improve their body. Having a terrible body is usually the result of laziness and bad habits.

Yeah, but I guess I think people get into ruts and laziness isn't always heritable, but facial/bone structure always is. I basically care about the genes- I want good offspring for my kids, full stop, that is by far most important. A good body helps but a good face is a home run. I could never date someone seriously overweight but I would never mind a little cushion for the pushin if it meant I got to have kids with the facial equivalent of say, a Brad Pitt.

[Anonymous]

Women prefer 99% money

[Anonymous]

Face 70 Body 30. Male.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have been married for twenty years. Totally hot in the face. The body has changed but I still love to bang it out three plus times a week.

I love that we are still hot for each other. We have date nights and we love to laugh. I think I am lucky that we both come from intact families.

We get each other. We rarely fight. We both were brought up middle class but we worked our asses off to get where we are now. I feel blessed and I am a happy person when I was broke or where am at today.

I feel the same way. I've been married for 12 years. Honestly, I married her because she had an amazing ass. But 12 years later and I feel like I have a girlfriend, a wife and a best friend all wrapped into one. Also, we both came from poor and broken families. We put ourselves through undergrad and graduate school and have two great careers + a solid rental property business that we've built together.

With that said, pure physical attraction for me is probably 80% body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woman -- for me it's 40 face, 60 body.

I'm pretty hot (call me an ass if you want), and my hubby is pretty average. We produced some gorgeous kids. There's this weird phenomena that exists, for some reason two very attractive people seem to produce unattractive kids (or strange looking kids), but you take one hottie and one average guy and you have really hot children. They have some unique features you can't replicate otherwise -- makes them strikingly unique and beautiful. And yes I'm generalizing, there are no absolutes.

Case in point: Angelina Jolie's parents (John Voight's her dad, her mom is hot), Ryan Reynolds parents (google them).... I could go on...

Talking about Angelina Jolie and your theory, her biological kids are not that ugly.

True. We'll see how they look when they get older, but yes, so far they're cutie pies -- that's why I said there are no absolutes...

[Anonymous]

Keira Knightley insanely beautiful? Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That saying, "She has such a pretty face." Sort of implies her face is pretty but she is fat.

I don't get the attractiveness of the Keira Knightly figures, though. I just saw her in a movie again, and she has no breasts. Her teeth are not great, and she looks like she has an underbite. Her hair is fine, thin, scraggly looking.

I've always thought she's beautiful even though I agree with you on her specific features. Uniquely more than the sum of her parts is the only way I can express it.

"I don't get the attractiveness of the Keira Knightly figures, though. I just saw her in a movie again, and she has no breasts. Her teeth are not great, and she looks like she has an underbite. Her hair is fine, thin, scraggly looking.

Sounds a lot like Audrey Hepburn.