Would people want to choose mates who look like their parents [God forbid my daughter follows this pattern] for biological reasons for cultural reasons? I've always been struck by old paintings of women who were reportedly very gorgeous in their times.
I remember when I was very young hearing people talk about how beautiful Betty Grable's legs were. I hadn't seen her in a movie and I could not imagine admiring my young classmates on account of their beautiful legs. I wondered what would beautiful legs look like. When I saw one of her movies, I still couldn't figure out exactly why those legs were beautiful, but probably some cultural conditioning had me unconsciously incorporating Betty Grable into my idea of beauty, even though I can not remember what either she or her legs look like. I never went to school with any like children until the seventh grade. My school was predominantly made up of poor Irish and Catholic kids. By the seventh grade, my idea of beauty was probably fairly well established. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
