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Lykurg  We're all living in Amerika  1yr ago (putanumonit.com)   4164 thread views

Why Are Women Hot? – Put A Number On It!

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Primarily relevant to here through the discussion of what people claim to find attractive vs. choose, but also considers various other measures of attractiveness. I dont agree with all these analyses but think its worth posting simply for considering the topic in a lot more detail then Ive previously seen.

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I've always disliked the common feminist answer of "I wear makeup for myself, not for men". I find that very reductive and very much a poisoned explanation based on the feminist brain worm that no woman anywhere should ever try to do anything for the sake of men/a man, try to make a man/men happy, or seek any form of approval from a man/men.

I put makeup into the same box as getting swole.

Wearing something unobtrusive like "no makeup" makeup is the same as being trim and fit. It definitely stems from wanting to attract mates via signaling heath. Putting makeup on "for myself" means the woman doesn't want to lose against other women who don't look like they've had only five hours of sleep.

But more elaborate makeup gets women more dates the way more plates get men more dates: vanishingly few members of the opposite sex will care about your perfect wingtips and your perfectly defined serratus anterior, but there are same-sex support groups that value makeup and musculature as a form of performance art.

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