A Twisted Sense of Beauty

We are funny. I mean...we men are. When it comes to physical beauty, we are quite infatuated by women who have the wrong characteristics.

For instance, most of us like boobs, big boobs. Some would point to leftover evolutionary instincts which equate cleavage size with reproductive capacity as the reason for this (but I don't buy that reasoning). But big breasts are actually potential health hazards for women. Being heavier, they exert more stress on the muscles, causing occasional shoulder and back pain, not to mention affecting a woman's mobility when she's on the move.

We also like women with fair complexion, often bordering on the anemic.But a light complexion is most often synonymous with low levels of vitamin D, since most women who sport light complexions don't get under the sun often enough.

We love women who are thin, sometimes dangerously thin. But these women are most often anorexics, bulimics, or victims of some other anxiety disorder.

Truly, our standard for beauty is not healthy. The sad thing is some women seem to agree that our standard is just right.