The famous phrase “Someone said about women that they love with their ears. And men love with their eyes” belongs to Oscar Wilde, a famous writer, poet and playwright of the Victorian era.
The meaning of what has been said continues to be relevant to this day, because men are still preoccupied with assessing the appearance of the ladies. Moreover, the pickup guild community, known in certain circles, came up with a scale of female attractiveness from 1 to 10 points.
How does a girl evaluate her appearance objectively? And is it worth it to attach importance to a 10-point scale, where the only criterion is external data?
Beauty standards in different eras
In ancient times, assessing the appearance of women and men depended on the culture and customs established in a particular society. For example, in Greece, in the homeland of the Olympic Games, where everything male was cultivated, the girl should not have looked feminine in the modern sense. Women of Ancient Greece were shy of their forms, and sculptures of ancient Roman goddesses generally look quite courageous.
The beautiful female appearance of the Renaissance (XV-XVIII century) primarily meant fullness and white skin. A thin woman was associated in men with a consumptive one, and curvaceous forms were an indicator of health.
During the reign of Queen Victoria, the criterion for assessing the appearance of women was still fullness, but the ladies began to pull themselves into corsets so that the figure resembled an hourglass.
Relative thinness came into fashion in the 20s of the last century. Then men with a boyish figure were very popular among men. In the 60s, every girl dreamed of being like Marilyn Monroe, and in the 80s the world went crazy with Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, and that time marked the beginning of the era of supermodels.
In the 90s, many girls tried to look like the translucent Kate Moss and brought themselves to anorexia. And they didn’t care what men thought about it.
A modern woman with an attractive appearance should be thin, but at the same time look healthy. A beautiful face, magnificent breasts, rounded hips and a "gap" between them are also welcome. With such data, units are born that easily fall into the modeling business and earn from 8 to 10 points on the exterior rating scale. Let's find out what this classification is.
Guide to action or outright cynicism?
In fact, this is a rather curious rating that can help men who are not disfigured by intelligence find a woman of their dreams:
- 1 point Worse than imagining, worse than nuclear war. In a dream he will dream - you won’t wave anything. You won’t recover without the help of a psychiatrist.
- 2 points. An ugly something with birth defects or the effects of a booze / drug addiction. As a woman is not considered.
- 3 points. Gray mouse, thick and plain-looking, notorious. As a rule, with a disgusting character.
- 4 points. Or an ordinary girl, or a figured, but ugly, or fat, but pretty. Glued with a bang. Do you need it?
- 5 points. The most common category: ordinary girl, without zest, neither this nor that, there are millions of them. Concerned about her appearance, easily injured. You can spend time with this, but there’s nothing to brag about.
- 6 points. Not a "tough nut", but there is clearly something in it. Curly, pleasant, well-groomed, flexible, suitable for a long relationship. She has fans, and in order to get this, you have to try.
- 7 points. Beauty, but not a model. She stands out from the crowd and knows her worth. Able to "filter" men and has protection against unwanted fans. An affair with such a girl leaves pleasant memories for life.
- 8 points. Model! Like the cover of a magazine. You will not find such a thing on the street. It revolves in circles where there are wealthy men. Such an attention will be expensive, but worth it.
- 9 points. A supermodel against which simply models fade. The ideal face and figure acts on men as a discharge of current. He can get whatever he wants, never gives a second chance, if the first is missed.
- 10 points. A female star, like from another planet, which already has everything, but always wants something more. This is available to one man in a million.
Those who worked on this rating hardly understood that an objective and subjective assessment of appearance does not exist. If only because every man has his own taste. Having met the “five” and falling in love, you may not notice how it will turn into the “ten”, no matter what fashion classifications say. And there are real examples of this.
Hugh Laurie and Joe Green
The famous Dr. House married the theater administrator Joe Green back in 1989, and the scale for assessing his appearance would clearly amuse him. This woman does not closely correspond to modern beauty standards, but Hugh loves his Joe and honestly admits that he has never met such smart women.
They have been together for almost 30 years, brought up three children and adequately overcome all the difficulties of family life.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
Future billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg began dating future pediatrician Priscilla Chan while still at Harvard. This woman, far from the universally accepted ideals of beauty, became for him the talisman, like-minded person and mother of the long-awaited daughters.
And this is only the beginning of the list of famous men for whom the assessment of the appearance of their chosen ones does not matter.
Nevertheless, many girls try to meet modern beauty standards and fall under the knife of plastic surgeons. Sometimes experiments with appearance lead to sad consequences.
"Bride Wildenstein"
The famous socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein spent about two million pounds on numerous plastic surgeries to make her look as cat-like as her eccentric husband wanted. What came of it, everyone knows who has seen the photo on the Internet. And on the scale of assessing appearance, this woman will clearly get a "0".
But in order to become successful and known throughout the world, it is absolutely not necessary to be born a “10 points” star. A striking example of this is the world-famous and beloved Barbara Streisand. She was able to objectively assess her strengths and weaknesses and find a path to fame.
How to evaluate your external data
You can get used to everything - everyone knows this, and a person sees his own reflection in the mirror differently from how others perceive him. And assessment of appearance on a 10-point scale here clearly will not help.
Any woman can objectively evaluate her pros and cons if she looks at herself from the side. Best of all, the flaws are "seen" by cameras and camcorders, they also emphasize the merits, and a friend can become a fair and impartial paparazzi.
A small video clip and several shots from different angles in everyday life without embellishment and preparation - and the woman gets an objective picture. For example, you can see the wrong hairstyle, lack of makeup or its overkill, a terrible walk and clothes not in shape. And normal men really pay attention to such criteria for assessing appearance.