Topics:<\/b> Beauty; Body; Contentment; Coveting; Faultfinding; Intimacy; Judging Others; Lust; Perfection; Pornography; Satisfaction; Self-centeredness; Sex; Vanity<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> 1 Samuel 16:7; 2 Samuel 11:2\u20135; Proverbs 6:25; 31:30; John 7:24; Galatians 2:6; 1 Peter 3:3\u20135<\/p>\n
A woman is beautiful\u2014or not\u2014depending on who she\u2019s with. That\u2019s according to psychologists Sara Gutierres and Douglas Kenrick of Arizona State University, who have studied the phenomenon of beauty for the past twenty years.<\/p>\n
We judge both our own and other people\u2019s attractiveness based on the social situation we are in, research shows. If a woman of average beauty enters a room of extremely beautiful women, she will be perceived as less attractive than she actually is. If the same woman enters a room of unattractive women, she will be perceived as more attractive than she actually is. The same applies for men.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that this contrast effect influences many women to devalue themselves: \u201cWomen who are surrounded by other attractive women\u2014whether in the flesh, in films, or in photographs\u2014rate themselves as less satisfied with their attractiveness and less desirable as a marriage partner.\u201d For the overwhelming majority of women who don\u2019t meet these impossible standards, multimillion-dollar industries are eager to help improve their appearance.<\/p>\n
The effects on men are also damaging. The researchers note that \u201cunder a constant barrage of media images of beautiful women, these guys have an expectation of attractiveness that is unusually high\u2014and that makes the people around them, in whom they might really be interested, seem lackluster, even if they are quite good-looking.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Michael Levine (with Hara E. Morano), \u201cWhy I Hate Beauty,\u201d Psychology Today<\/i> (July\u2013August 2001)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Beauty; Body; Contentment; Coveting; Faultfinding; Intimacy; Judging Others; Lust; Perfection; Pornography; Satisfaction; Self-centeredness; Sex; Vanity References: 1 Samuel 16:7; 2 Samuel 11:2\u20135; Proverbs 6:25; 31:30; John 7:24; Galatians 2:6; 1 Peter 3:3\u20135 A woman is beautiful\u2014or not\u2014depending on who she\u2019s with. That\u2019s according to psychologists Sara Gutierres and Douglas Kenrick of Arizona State University, … Continue reading “SCALE
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