Jocelyn C. Morales asked:


“Talking about beauty is talking about women.” Probably that is right, but guess what? Men can also be beautiful, even more beautiful than women. Talking about beauty interests everybody. You can either be beautiful or not.

But how do we really define beauty? Beauty has so many definitions that some would shock you and some would interest you. Understanding the meaning of beauty is one of the key themes in the philosophical discipline known as aesthetics, which is “ a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature, creation and appreciation of beauty.”

There is also a common theory made by men that “it is the appearance of things that are good.” This theory has been supported by many examples. This theory, however, is based only on the physical aspect of a thing. It does not follow, however that when a thing appears good, physically that is, it is also better in many aspects. It may be true when judgment is based on external appearance – but what about the inner beauty of a person that cannot be seen? This inner beauty may include qualities of a person as in being kind, generous, or humble. One factor in considering beauty is symmetry, to name a few that “the other half of the face must have regularity and balanced proportioned with its other half.”

On the other hand, a psychologist in the University of Texas at Austin, said: “beautiful women must possess a waist-to-hip ratio of about 70%,” (Singh 343) to be considered beautiful. For psychologists, if a woman has this kind of ratio it usually indicates that she is capable of bearing a child.
In the early pre-Socratic period, this theory of Pythagoras can also be found. He said that: “there is a strong connection between beauty and Mathematics that if the same objects are proportioned, the object appears as more attractive.” This also implies that people who have symmetrical and proportional bodies according to the golden ratio which are considered and recognized as more attractive than those who are not.

St. Augustine, like Plato, believed that, “beauty of a work of art .” In the medieval times the arts were mostly that of the Madonna’s, angels and other biblical structures.

Beauty fits the mind with a system of ideas. It fills the soul with series of concepts: it sows nature with seed; and it provides matter with forms. In the end, it’s not how beauty is defined that matters. It’s what’s in the heart.

Sher Matsen asked:


Have you ever wondered why women are so concerned about how they look? Why they aim to look like the beautiful women they see on the television and in magazines? That’s because beauty is power!

Even way back into ancient times women were concerned about their looks. Think of Cleopatra or Nefertiti who were beautiful women of their times.

The cosmetic industy is well aware of this and that women will go to great lengths to look beautiful. That’s why the cosmetic industry is a multi billion dollar industry.

When you think of beauty you think of what you see on the outside. But beauty is more than skin deep. And beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder! What one may find beautiful another may not. Even though there is no such thing as a definition for universal beauty all women know how to use their beauty to their advantage.

Men fall for this manipulation constantly. In fact they seldom know they’ve been snared into the web with a woman’s beauty. Of course the know when exterior beauty is mesmerizing them but it’s the internal beauty that they have not idea is working. That pouty mouth, those sparkling eyes, that gentle laugh. The power play of the boardroom and the bedroom share many similarities.

It’s a proven fact men are unable to release themselves from the beauty of women. A quick look, a wink, a big inviting smile, a relaxed posture are all indications that a man has succumbed to beauty. Studies have shown even the smartest men go stupid when entranced by the beauty of a woman.

Remember Sophia Loren, Jane Collins, or Jaqueline Bisset. Think about Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Madona, Marilyn Monroe. There beauty had an instant effect on the male population. Not only their exterior beauty but the deeper inner beauty of confidence and mystique that surrounded them.

These women were all show stoppers without even trying. In fact when asked they felt their features were flawed, but men didn’t see it that way. And yet each of these women were totally different in looks and personality. But each brought a certain group of men to their feet. Each had the ability to take the smartest man and turn him into a walking talking zombie stuttering, and staring.

Remember a beautiful woman is more than the exterior shell. Beauty is the whole woman. Personality, charm charisma, seductive sexuality, a smile, or a stance. There are many elements to a womens beauty than capture a mans attention and lock him into a world of bliss.

There is no cure for the poor male population, no pill to pop, no treatment to make them free of the power of a beautiful women. There are no magic bullets to stop the bite of beauty from turning the male population into a drooling idiot or a walking talking zombie. And until there is women will continue to use their beauty as a weapon on the opposite ***. Sorry guys