Why the insecurity about looks, age and skin colour (marriage/relationships)?

Chetan1991

Youngling
@axes2t2 the funny part is I know few women(aged: 22+) who considers themselves modern feminists & protests this fair skin tone business, however they wont wants to be with a dark handsome guy.

@AcceleratorX our male genes operates like this: fair skin tone(implies health) + big b**bs = potential healthy offspring
on female side it's like : tall + handsome = can give better protection to offsprings

I think this needs a little correction.

Fair skin tone has been said to be related to estrogen, the female hormone. Hence more estrogen means more feminine nature and fair skin and thus more attractive female body.
However I don't think dark skin of people living near the equator is related to this.

Some reinforcement:

As females age, the estrogen-to-androgen production ratio changes and results in female faces to appear more and more masculine (thus appearing less "attractive").

Some researchers in the United Kingdom have speculated that a preference for larger breasts may have developed in Western societies because women with larger breasts tend to have higher levels of the hormones estradiol and progesterone, which both promote fertility.

Source: Physical attractiveness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Men and women aren't attracted to the same traits. A man can compensate for average or below than average looks with personality and success(the ability of a male to provide etc are biologically more important to the female), while that's not so for women (since we're more visual.)

Fame and wealth of a man are the ultimate aphrodisiacs to women while a super hot body its the equivalent for us.
 
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AcceleratorX

Youngling
So many kids here.

Chetan1991 said:
Smooth flawless supple skin, hourglass shape, wide hips etc. are definite proofs of superior genes in a woman, and that is why we are attracted to them instinctively, without thinking.

There is no pattern to this. See the studies:

Not just a pretty face: Modern men prefer women with brains rather than beauty | Mail Online
Study: Stressed-out men want heavier women | HLNtv.com

You can pretty much find a study that supports basically any hypothesis. It doesn't mean anything at all.

Chetan1991 said:
Let me begin with an analogy. When a computer is running, everything happens in terms of Boolean algebra. No matter what you are doing, writing a document, watching a movie, creating 3D animation, programming, it is all executed in terms of Boolean algebra in the from of billions of transistors either letting a pulse of electricity pass or not.

Physically, those circuits are basically switches and gates. It's the programing that makes them work differently. Now, I take your "matrix" and "programs" back at you; you are the end result of your own programming. ;)

Physical != Logical; yet your apparatus does not have a use or purpose if both are not defined.

Chetan1991 said:
The second basic urge is survival of the species, which is accomplished via procreation (sex) with the most compatible and best specimen (of the other gender) of your species.
Smooth flawless supple skin, hourglass shape, wide hips etc. are definite proofs of superior genes in a woman, and that is why we are attracted to them instinctively, without thinking.

Interesting, because I don't get attracted that easily. Like I said, we are the result of our programming. What defines "good", "better", or "best"? How do you know that? In fact, just because traditionally males were the hunter-gatherers in human society; this is what you should be today too? Get to it then :D

chetan1991 said:
Women's beauty is a very fragile and temporary phase, from the ages of 15-30, after which it starts to decline fast, whereas a man can look handsome even in his 50s if he takes care of his body and mind. e.g. Salman Khan looked like a champu when young but now he looks great. Only a few women look great after 35. Feminine beauty has no other purpose than to help the female find and attract the best mate.

LOL :D

Everyone has their peak of "beauty" at 15-30. Think you'll look as good when the hair loss starts, you start gaining wrinkles, putting on weight, etc.? Salman IMO looks nowhere as good today as he did when he was young, neither does Sylvester Stallone, for that matter. Anyone can look fine provided they put some effort. Ameesha Patel, for example still looks fine at 38.

As for colour; it is purely genetic with a slight bias towards women influenced by estrogen (max 2-3 skin tones on the chart I have provided earlier). If it was so much about the estrogen, all handsome men with ripped bodies would be dark....and that surely isn't so.

chetan1991 said:
I call BS on your maturity theory. Now you are yourself generalizing. What proof do you have about women being more mature than us?

Why don't you try involving yourself in maintaining a household, cooking, cleaning, looking after siblings/kids/elders, paying bills, looking after medical issues of self (well, there are a few women-only issues), etc. all at the same time? I am sure the experience of doing it for even a month will make you more mature.

Women in India traditionally were encouraged and supposed to involve themselves in this sort of work, increasing family bonding and also giving them maturity. This is also a part of conditioning, programming. The programs men didn't have as they were left free for tasks outside the house and increased social activity/taskmaster/financial breadwinning tasks.

Raise a boy in the same way as you do a girl and you'd be surprised with the results ;)

That was the reason for that perception, one that is changing today as with modern lifestyles girls are no longer obliged or willing to do any of those tasks and themselves lead a liberated, active social life. This may not hold true today, but it was true yesterday.

chetan1991 said:
Hierarchy is the truth of nature, though it is not absolute hierarchy. e.g. I could be at the top of hierarchy of knowledge, and at bottom of hierarchy of looks. If everyone was equal and the same the world would be boring, and without diversity.

Systems are supposed to either be in chaos or equilibrium, not in ordered way. All hierarchies still come down to the lowest level at the end. Since we aren't yet seeing an equilibrium, or even chaos, it appears that society was "directed" to behave this way rather than what was natural.

chetan1991 said:
I think I answered your insecurity question already. Looks matter, especially in women since looks are signs of superior genetics, hence potential for a better offspring.
Final decision is yours.

But what defines good looks? Is it the facial features, or the skin colour? Are those genes superior? How do you know? Is dark skin not healthy?

Fact of the matter is that you don't know. Do you see colourism in dogs? They seem to mate with whoever seems compatible without giving shits about the colour of their fur.... :D

Harsh Pranami said:
I mean I respect all girls but when it comes to a relationship, I will certainly choose a girl who is fair and beautiful.

And why should they accept you? ;)

Does that mean a girl who is not fair is not beautiful? :D

It goes on many levels, and skin colour.....can be anything really of your offsprings :D

Rishi said:
People with fairer skin will have genes to produce fair toned offspring

So, a guy who is fair and hooks up with a darker girl can also give the same result :D
At the same time....two dark skinned people can, in fact, give birth to a lighter skinned child (I am one such case).... ;)

Rishi said:
Why do people prefer well built persons , with muscles and 6-pax abs and good height and don't like obese and stunted ones ? Why are men attracted to wom**n with big ****s ??

Psychological reasons actually. If a guy is not fit, it implies he is not healthy. If he cannot keep himself healthy, casts a doubt on the ability to keep the children healthy. They are not unattractive because they look bad :p

Similarly, big article on why (some, because I am not one of those men) have a fetish for big boobs:

Big breasts (a.k.a. Mommy didn't love me)

Rishi said:
Hatred and discrimination based on skin tone may not be in our genes but giving preference to fair skin tone definitely is.

Au contraire. People with darker skin are considered much hotter in many foreign countries. Why is that? :D

You have been programmed to be this way by your society and upbringing just like Americans have been programmed that getting a brown tan is very very sexy ;)

Rishi said:
Love happens between behaviour and brain , like happens between physical appearance. { general case.}

Hmm, will agree on this.

Allu Azad said:
Even in black tribes in Africa , the lesser black girl is mostly preferred by men .


(Read in some survey somewhere)

Read above statements. Tanned people considered hotter in America :D

It's the program!

axes2t2 said:
That AcceleratorX is a closet feminist.

I don't need to point out that his opening post of the thread is a bunch of bull because Chetan1991 ripped him apart.

The women who call themselves "feminists" are hardly so, don't even get me started on them.

Bunch of bull? "ripped me apart"? What crude language! Kiddo, next time, come back with some manners..... :)

avinandan012 said:
@AcceleratorX our male genes operates like this: fair skin tone(implies health) + big b**bs = potential healthy offspring
on female side it's like : tall + handsome = can give better protection to offsprings

It's only partly genetics. It's mostly our upbringing.

chetan1991 said:
Fame and wealth of a man are the ultimate aphrodisiacs to women while a super hot body its the equivalent for us.

It's a nice thing to say, we actually believe it because we see it :D

But I showed a few studies that seem to be bucking the trend? Like I said, there are no patterns to these, I can make n studies to prove any point. In our society it has been made like that to establish gender roles with a superiority to the male. This is in fact directly related to societal problems and even rapes but I am not going to go into that, I'm too tired today :D
 

mediator

Technomancer
chetan said:
Women's beauty is a very fragile and temporary phase, from the ages of 15-30, after which it starts to decline fast, whereas a man can look handsome even in his 50s if he takes care of his body and mind. e.g. Salman Khan looked like a champu when young but now he looks great. Only a few women look great after 35. Feminine beauty has no other purpose than to help the female find and attract the best mate.
You truly underestimate a woman's beauty my friend. A woman's beauty has the power to the turn the tide into a totally opposite direction, cause fight between two friends, unite people etc. You don't see yoga advertisements, healthclub ads, soap ads etc just because some girl is in the ad, but a "beautiful girl" is modelling for the ad. You don't see many company's websites with "Indian people" on it, but western models on it. You won't see just some other Indian girl modelling for a company or a show but perhaps Katrina/Kareena or some western model. Yes glamour and fame is associated, but then why do people have a negative reality check for the college they opted for which they had seen nice and glamourous ads in newspapers and online?

Marketing is one area which heavily utilises a woman's beauty to "gather the crowd". Herd Mentality is another area where woman's beauty can draw those who don't have any interest but still would like to participate just because girls or perhaps beautiful girls are associated. Many people don't goto gym to genuinely workout, but for bird watching.

You can also read the story of Rani Padmini of Chittor (Indian History), Mohini from Vishnu Purana (Smritis) and Sonia Gandhi (Indian Politics) where many sychopancy just because she was considered beautiful, a foreigner and thought process based on the subtle mentality of many Indians "If its white, then its right"! The examples are many.

Anyways, youth, IMO, lasts as long as cell divions/regeneration and body stamina is maintained. It deteriorates over the time as the body is obstructed with the external pollutants and wordly sufferings stated as depression, frustration, anger etc. Depression is one of the causes of cancer, obesity furthe rleading to heart attacks.

Therefore, youth can last longer than what "modern studies" show us. Moreover, mind also works on how you think. In a game, If you have already made up your mind that your opponent is tough or any sort of limitation, then you will also play accordingly. In a subtle way, it is called as will power (agni as per Indian science). The more is your agni, the more you will be able to try. Therefore, you will have to sacrifice into the agni! The more your try, the better your vessel i.e your body will become. Its a simultaneous parallel approach, where the will creates a better physicality and synchronicity between the subtle and gross body!

Remember, today a person may think that he cannot lift 20 kg on chest. But 2 years hence, he may lift 100 kgs!

But anyways, this science of unification or transcending beyond the limitations os called yoga! It is not the yoga that we see on TV or western marketing makeup. Thats a joke!

Yoga is in the progress of our eating, asanas, knowledge, devotion, actions etc. In terms of food, it enables us to move to a purer source of energy.

Lion -> Deer -> Grass -> Sun -> ? -> ? -> ?

What is the source of Sun? What is the source of that on which Sun is based? And so on!

For a non-veg, moving on to a veg diet; for a veg, moving on to energy from Sun, Air, water only. Till today there exists many yogis, who can perfect this practice, have a perfect control on all of their body organs and live on Sun's energy only for a whole year, something which is considered as 'impossible' by modern science.

Obviously, material body needs energy to sustain. But what if a yogi has perfected in his pursuit and united with the subtler than the subtlest of the source; living in a world of time and space and has transcended to merge with that which is beyond time and space?

The more you abuse your body, the earlier you grow old. But the more you perfect your body, the higher your stamina and bodily control becomes. It is the science of life "ayurveda".


So I guess, we should not generalize based on what is happening in the society and make some study look like a fact!
 
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skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
Au contraire. People with darker skin are considered much hotter in many foreign countries. Why is that? :D

You have been programmed to be this way by your society and upbringing just like Americans have been programmed that getting a brown tan is very very sexy ;)
pretty much this.

Propaganda. The environment determines what people will think. We've grown up in such a propaganda/environment. "Dhoop mein mat khel nahi toh kaala ho jaayega" / "Don't play in sun otherwise you'll become darker."

The young generation has been programmed into thinking that colourless women are "fair and lovely"....pfft.

Relating skin colour with estrogen and being colourless being more feminine? No comments.

:lol: living on the energy of the sun? what bs is this:troll::lol:
"Niraahari Yogis".

Might seem intriguing at first, but there are many - atleast many claim to be one. View it either way you like.
 

skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
@axes2t2 the funny part is I know few women(aged: 22+) who considers themselves modern feminists & protests this fair skin tone business, however they wont wants to be with a dark handsome guy.
dunno, I'm a dark offspring of two fair parents. Handsome? Nope. Tall? I don't consider myself tall. Dark? very much.

The two girls I've been in relationship with were very beautiful. Yup, they were very fair but that doesn't make them beautiful automatically. I find dark girls *more* attractive.
 

Hrishi

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dunno, I'm a dark offspring of two fair parents. Handsome? Nope. Tall? I don't consider myself tall. Dark? very much.

The two girls I've been in relationship with were very beautiful. Yup, they were very fair but that doesn't make them beautiful automatically. I find dark girls *more* attractive.

Two gals !~! Lucky dude....uh.:wink:
 

Chetan1991

Youngling
You truly underestimate a woman's beauty my friend. A woman's beauty has the power to the turn the tide into a totally opposite direction, cause fight between two friends, unite people etc. You don't see yoga advertisements, healthclub ads, soap ads etc just because some girl is in the ad, but a "beautiful girl" is modelling for the ad. You don't see many company's websites with "Indian people" on it, but western models on it. You won't see just some other Indian girl modelling for a company or a show but perhaps Katrina/Kareena or some western model. Yes glamour and fame is associated, but then why do people have a negative reality check for the college they opted for which they had seen nice and glamourous ads in newspapers and online?

.................

So I guess, we should not generalize based on what is happening in the society and make some study look like a fact!

Completely agree with that. Except the last line. What generalization are you talking about?
 

mediator

Technomancer
"very fragile and temporary phase, from the ages of 15-30,", I perceived it as a generalization. My mistake, otherwise!
 

Chetan1991

Youngling
I'll spar with you just this once.

So many kids here.



There is no pattern to this. See the studies:

Not just a pretty face: Modern men prefer women with brains rather than beauty | Mail Online
Study: Stressed-out men want heavier women | HLNtv.com

You can pretty much find a study that supports basically any hypothesis. It doesn't mean anything at all.

"No pattern to this." i.e. no laws, everyone has their own favourite and beauty is subjective, is that what you are trying to say?

Interesting, because I don't get attracted that easily. Like I said, we are the result of our programming. What defines "good", "better", or "best"? How do you know that? In fact, just because traditionally males were the hunter-gatherers in human society; this is what you should be today too? Get to it then :D

So you're saying there is no such thing as a worst to best scale, and everything is objective?

LOL :D

Everyone has their peak of "beauty" at 15-30. Think you'll look as good when the hair loss starts, you start gaining wrinkles, putting on weight, etc.? Salman IMO looks nowhere as good today as he did when he was young, neither does Sylvester Stallone, for that matter. Anyone can look fine provided they put some effort. Ameesha Patel, for example still looks fine at 38.

As for colour; it is purely genetic with a slight bias towards women influenced by estrogen (max 2-3 skin tones on the chart I have provided earlier). If it was so much about the estrogen, all handsome men with ripped bodies would be dark....and that surely isn't so.

Do not mention actresses since they are already more beautiful than most women plus have financial assets to enhance it with surgery and cosmetics if needed. Most women's beauty starts to fade after 30. While most men can look fine for much longer. Just look at most of the Hollywood actors and actresses and consider their ages.
Silvester Stalone? he's never looked that good with that wierd mug of his. If you really think Salman looked better in those shitty 15+ year old movies then you have quite a unique view of beauty, and continuing the discussion would be pointless.

Why don't you try involving yourself in maintaining a household, cooking, cleaning, looking after siblings/kids/elders, paying bills, looking after medical issues of self (well, there are a few women-only issues), etc. all at the same time? I am sure the experience of doing it for even a month will make you more mature.

Women in India traditionally were encouraged and supposed to involve themselves in this sort of work, increasing family bonding and also giving them maturity. This is also a part of conditioning, programming. The programs men didn't have as they were left free for tasks outside the house and increased social activity/taskmaster/financial breadwinning tasks.

Raise a boy in the same way as you do a girl and you'd be surprised with the results ;)

That was the reason for that perception, one that is changing today as with modern lifestyles girls are no longer obliged or willing to do any of those tasks and themselves lead a liberated, active social life. This may not hold true today, but it was true yesterday.

How is maintaining a household etc supposed to make you mature? Maturity comes through gaining wisdom which is dependent upon someone's capability to reflect upon and their experiences and learn from them.

Systems are supposed to either be in chaos or equilibrium, not in ordered way. All hierarchies still come down to the lowest level at the end. Since we aren't yet seeing an equilibrium, or even chaos, it appears that society was "directed" to behave this way rather than what was natural.
This is not a binary world. You seem to be having a Black and white view of the world. Hierarchies are the truth of the world. Just go watch animal planet, or the dog whisperer. This is solid irrefutable science.

But what defines good looks? Is it the facial features, or the skin colour? Are those genes superior? How do you know? Is dark skin not healthy?

Fact of the matter is that you don't know. Do you see colourism in dogs? They seem to mate with whoever seems compatible without giving shits about the colour of their fur.... :D

You know it by the rising desire in you, which is a primal reaction, not socially constructed.
We're too different from dogs to make any comparison.

And why should they accept you? ;)

Does that mean a girl who is not fair is not beautiful? :D

It goes on many levels, and skin colour.....can be anything really of your offsprings :D

For the value I have as a man. If someone doesn't like me that's fine by me; everyone's entitled to their choice. We won't whine about it "not being faaair!!" like feminists do. Promise.

Psychological reasons actually. If a guy is not fit, it implies he is not healthy. If he cannot keep himself healthy, casts a doubt on the ability to keep the children healthy. They are not unattractive because they look bad :p

Similarly, big article on why (some, because I am not one of those men) have a fetish for big boobs:

Big breasts (a.k.a. Mommy didn't love me)

Evolutionary's the word I would use.

Au contraire. People with darker skin are considered much hotter in many foreign countries. Why is that? :D

You have been programmed to be this way by your society and upbringing just like Americans have been programmed that getting a brown tan is very very sexy ;)
Recent trend. That doesn't change the nature of every other color based preference. All I've got to say is that no one should be whining why some people prefer light skinned mate and some not, some prefer skinny girls and some not. Everyone's entitled to their choice, and if you can't accept that, then tough tomatoes! :lol:


The women who call themselves "feminists" are hardly so, don't even get me started on them.

Care to share your views?

It's only partly genetics. It's mostly our upbringing.
You'de be surprised to know how much of it is primal nature not upbringing. On what facts are you making this statement?

It's a nice thing to say, we actually believe it because we see it :D

But I showed a few studies that seem to be bucking the trend? Like I said, there are no patterns to these, I can make n studies to prove any point. In our society it has been made like that to establish gender roles with a superiority to the male. This is in fact directly related to societal problems and even rapes but I am not going to go into that, I'm too tired today :D
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No that's not just a nice thing to say. It's the truth.

I never said men are superior to women. That would imply they have been pitted against each other and one comes on top of other. But that's not so. Men and women are complementary. Both have some traits unique to them and they need each other for survival of the species. Men have their own place and women their own.
Saying both genders are equal or dumb statements like "women can do everything as good as a man can" are plain distortions of truth. If women could do everything we can do, just as good as us + what they are already good at, what would be the point of our existence? Would we be just yoghurt dispensers?

I'm completely pro freedom, where everyone is allowed to do whatever they want without society saying women should stay in homes or society saying women should be out competing with men because "they can do everything men can!!" When there is no discrimination b/w any category of society and opportunity is available to all and achievement aren't reserved but given to only the deserving you will see the natural balance being restored automatically.
 
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skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
^ he already explained why it's upbringing/propaganda.

People in white countries are craving for a tan. They'd sit in sun for hours to get a tan because the media portrays tan as 'attractive' over there.

Here in India, it's 'fair and lovely', plus the casual racism which has been a part of Indian culture lately.

PS: I'm not denying the fact that beauty is subjective.
 

Chetan1991

Youngling
PS: I'm not denying the fact that beauty is subjective.

Correction.

Female beauty is not subjective, except in the metaphysical sense that an individual’s neurons have to operate to perceive the beauty. A transsexual can only be perceived as womanly if he alters his body and face to such a radical degree that he begins to conform with innate biologically grounded standards already in place in the brains of men. The very fact that transsexual men have to conceal or otherwise surgically reconstruct their male features to more resemble female features in order to “pass” with straight men is hard real world evidence that female beauty is objective and male sexual attraction preferences are universal. And even then… the ruse is exceedingly difficult to pull off.
Source: Female Beauty From 5 To 7 | Chateau Heartiste

Read the entire article from top to bottom (without skipping) for a good laugh.
 

Bytebolt

Broken In
Guys,
I think i like a girl and she have a dark skin colour and i have no problem with it. I like her as she is. She too have feelings for me i know that. But my friends keep making fun of me like hell. I know my parents and relatives would also criticize it.
I don't ******* care for the society but parents...
Any help guys... :/
 
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