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Now that story is punk rock, hsbd, what did the girl do after her mother told her that?
| quote: | Originally posted by *InVeRs3*
It's widely accepted everywhere. |
Let's ignore these argumenta ad populum, shall we? 
| quote: | Originally posted by *InVeRs3*
look at another example. take it to caveman times.
guy #1 is handsome but a bad hunter. guy #2 is ugly and a great hunter. guy #1 just has sex with all types of women because he's hot. But still bad at hunting. guy #2 isn't as hot, but is great at hunting, women only want him for his great hunting skills though.
Being handsome/pretty = great health (before society taught us what's handsome and what isn't)
So the woman might get a kid who has great health and he might be a great hunter because the dad is kind of married to the girl. |
Hmm... although I do understand where you come from, this scenario is quite intriguing:
First of all, health. If the guy is a bad hunter, he probably has to count on others to get his food, so he would be dependent on them and, as he was not doing his job - now, what would this slacker be doing to the community? - he wouldn't probably get the best chunks of food (if he got any food at all). The chances of being healthy are quite low.
Also, beauty, or hotness is influenced to some extent to wealth and social success:
- In pre-industrial societies, having a muscular physique and tanned skin was attractive, but signified that the man had to work in the fields all day, and was consequently likely poor and uneducated. Having pale skin and/or a fatter physique was considered highly attractive, as a symbol that the man was rich or educated enough to avoid manual labour in the field.
- In industrial societies, having a pale body was considered unattractive, as it was a sign that the person worked in a factory and lived in dense, polluted urban areas with weakened sunlight. Being tanned and muscularly-defined instead of fat or undeveloped muscularly became attractive, as a symbol that the man lived in the countryside, which was far healthier than the cities, and performed "good honest" agricultural labour as opposed to working shifts in a factory.
- In post-industrial societies, being pale and/or fat or especially thin is may be viewed as a sign that the person has little regard for his physical state or health. Having tanned skin is viewed as naturally attractive, and as a potential sign that the person takes foreign holidays. False tans, however, can be the subject of humour. Having a fit or muscular physique is considered highly attractive, as a sign that the person takes care of his body and health, and has the time, money, and self-discipline to frequent a gym. However, having especially large, highly-developed muscles is viewed by some as naturally unattractive, and possibly indicating undesirable aggressiveness or obsession with muscles. In recent decades, a backlash against social stereotypes of male physical attractiveness has increased variation in physiques, hairstyles, fashion trends, etc, often as an expression of individuality in place of conformity to arbitrary stereotypes.
Therefore, in a society where hunting is a basic activity, the portrait of a hot clumsy hunter and an ugly hunting sap seems quite unlikely. If anything, whatever happened would be due to poor judgement rather than logic, unless you can show me how a dependent (and probably social reject) individuals would manage to fit into the group's aesthetics not showing any sign of leadership or dominance and/or how he would the group simply let him in the cave while others did the hard work. Wasn't he supposed to, at least, be doing something?
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