Is physical beauty a perception?
Why do I consider something beautiful and others not? What are the foundations of my judgment?
Each time these questions stare at me in 3D, I feel clueless, like a mum that can’t explain to her kid “Mummy, what’s a condom?” the 5 years old kid just asked. Beauty has been a much considered quality right from the creation of man. Not so surprising why the cosmetics and the fashion industries are just very lucrative. So many things have been done to enhance beauty, from manicure to pedicure, facial surgeries, implants etc. Everyone seems to want to reduce something they perceive too big or increase the one they perceive too small. We all want to look just like the person we perceive looks beautiful in our mind. Not just the ladies, we guys too want to look good and attractive.
Let's take a look at this scenario: Three friends (guys) were once in a restaurant, waiting and thinking of what to order when three ladies cat walked in, like Milan models. The first guy rated the first lady from the right as being the most beautiful while the other two friends went for the middle girl.
So the questions popped in again. Why did one of them choose a particular girl and the others, the girl in the middle? Does that mean the two other friends getting attracted to the same girl, signifies they both have similar image lying somewhere in their brains? Do people have a picture of what “beauty” looks like, to which they make a quick comparison each time they see something or someone. Or does symmetry and the proportion of details around an object defines beauty? What if everyone in the world suddenly all look alike, how will you judge who is beautiful and who is not? Beauty they say is in the eyes of the Beholder, But what is the BEHOLDER’S BRAIN BEHOLDING??
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