How Beauty Has Changed And Adapted To Society
The history of feminine beauty is an interesting topic to true connoisseurs of the female form and also the female mind. In 21st Century America, inroads are becoming created by figures once considered too voluptuous for mainstream decency. Advertising is now featuring far more so-called plus-sized models, but other societal standards and prejudices remain.
What makes for a physically stunning woman? In American society, the breasts have been the dominant symbol of feminine beauty for the past several decades. Though mainstream magazines feature much more petite forms, the figures several “regular Joes” prefer is usually a thick and shapely one. Indeed, socioeconomic class has a lot to do with perceptions and preferences when it comes to feminine beauty. For some reason, the upper-middle class believes in a slim girlish silhouette for women. Could this be a type of pedophilia, as some suspect?
After all, American society is obsessed with youth, and it’s quickly imaginable how such an obsession can “cross over” into the sexual realm and be taken to extremes. Naturally, it’s not openly admitted, but a survey of provocative advertising plus the kinds of associations it seems to generate make it rather plausible to claim that the obsession with being thin has some thing to do with the obsession with being young, all of which has to do with beauty, which ultimately has to do with sex.
And somehow it is the upper classes that have adopted these notions as physical ideals. Why this is and how it has come about are intriguing considerations, but one thing is certain: fashions change, and tastes that call for thin today will call for voluptuous tomorrow – and back once more (and again, and again).
The truest feminine beauty of all will be the sense of confidence and self-awareness that comes from a woman who understands her body, knows the social conventions, and plays them up to her personal finest advantage according to her own tastes.
