Last week while looking through peoples blogs I was intrigued by the discussion of the Ads on genderads.com and wanted to check it out. While on the website I started to think about why we view a certain body type as attractive. The first thing that came to my mind was evolution. I found a website that says "curves in women have also evolved as attractive because women needed a layer of fat to keep themselves and their babies alive during times of famine", "A round buttock is another sexual “turn-on”", and doe-like eyes, and lack of body hair remind men of children and men feel the need to protect children from harm. This also got me thinking. If men value a healthy body type how are the models we are shown all the time attractive to people? They certainly cannot be healthy... These women do not have curves and they have very little body fat. How is it that every girl wants to look just like them? According to evolution it is not possible for men to find these women attractive. Is it possible that the media has had a large enough affect on us to effect evolution? Is so what does this mean for our future? Will the human race die out because the social norm is to be to skinny to bear children? As humans we are all vulnerable to be pulled into the web of lies the media spins for us every day to sell us products. We should take a stand and stand up against the media to tell them not to manipulate us any longer.
http://socyberty.com/sexuality/sexual-attraction-evolution-and-biology/
I agree with this blog. I have never understood why models are considered models. Many of them to me see scary looking. Scary in many ways….they often are so skinny it makes me feel uncomfortable just looking at them. When people’s bones are sticking out it makes me feel like it must hurt to be that skinny and to have your bones sticking out. Many of the models on the runway and in magazines are wearing crazy clothes and makeup that are bazaar. When I see runway models wearing crazy clothes I always think to myself…who is wearing that? The answer probably is no one. I never understood the stick thin look with models and I feel like I probably never will. I wonder how modeling will change in the future.
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