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In reply to the discussion: 2014 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Revealed. [View all]kcr
(15,522 posts)"Preferences for prototypes apply not only to faces. Prototypes of other categoriesfish, shoes, trees, patterns of dotsare rated as more attractive than outliers. Halberstadt says this indicates that a preference for average faces is not an adaptive trait, as previous research has suggested."
"Evolutionary biologists have proposed that a preference for average faces has evolved because it is a good indicator of the quality of a potential mate. For example, some propose that people with more average faces have a more diverse gene pool that would enable them to more readily fight off disease. But so far evidence that attractive people are healthier remains controversial."
The preference for mathematically average is not only for faces. And it ignores that there have been significant changes in beauty standards. And the part about evolutionary theory being controversial is true. Just as I said. It's bunk. Not everyone agrees, hence, the controversy. Just like global warming is a controversy.