QUOTE(ezralimm @ May 3 2009, 11:51 PM)
Raw physical attractiveness: An hourglass figure for women. Reasonable build (size/height) for men plus a deep voice and manly features.
Thats a pretty shallow assumption. I've seen real fugly women/men but has lots of people of the opposite gender going after them.
Tou fa wan, a chinese term to label these people. They have intangible attractiveness that isn't physical at all.
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Answer me this: If you had taller guys going after you, would you consider going out with a guy who is 10 inches shorter than you? Assuming that culture/values/religion/income/etc are the same...Ok, the shorter guy is a very nice guy, but since you didnt go out with him and spend time to empathize with him, the chances of a relationship blossoming with him will be less.
I would go out with ANYONE without due prejudice, just as long as he/she isn't smelly and dirty.
You're missing one thing, the first stage in courtship is to assume everyone to be your friends, and to take off as friends. So your physical attractiveness requirement isn't applicable anymore
So this makes your assertions moot.
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Now you can argue till the cows come home that looks dont matter, but the fact is that it DOES. Love is derived from empathy. Humans are picky with whom they empathize with... and people are more inclined to want to empathize those who posess high levels of raw attractiveness. The pretty girls in class got all the attention for a reason.
Perhaps it does TO YOU. Your definition and perceptive truth is only relative to you and only you and isn't shared among others.
To prove otherwise, you need demographical data from a survey first before asserting your assumptive conclusions.
To me, anyone can be my friend, and I can go out with anyone, ugly or not.
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Tolerance, compromise and sacrifice comes AFTER emotional bonding (from deep empathy and time spent together). Nature has a way of discouraging people from falling in love (ie. bonding emotionally) with people who are (subconsciously) considered not good enough.There is a reason why there are so many "nice guys" out there who find it so difficult making girls see them as a lover - lack of raw attractiveness.... They will always be the "friend"... not the lover... no matter how hard they try to empathize and connect with the girl.
For my case, we never fell in love. We grew in love. We started of as friends and started to know more of each others' strength/weakness/attributes/characters etc. We were able to communicate and there wasn't a time in which we would run out of things to talk about. Hence the "attractiveness" here is the ability to communicate and to relate, not physical attraction. it never was.
I've been out with pretty people many times and when communication can't take off smoothly, it would be a NONO for me, even if he/she does goes after me. A lot of relationship fail is because of the breakdown in communication, especially when one party never know what the other party really felt or longed for.
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NONONONONONO.
Love will blossom if you spend enough time/experiences with someone who is reasonably compatible and shares the same values...REGARDLESS OF RAW PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS. It's just that nature programs us such that everyone wants to spend time/experiences and empathize with people whom we consider attractive. Pretty girls get alot of attention for this reason -everybody wants to empathize with them.
That would be only skin deep. When you can't maintain the most basic attribute in a relationship, which is communication, no matter how well you empathize with the other person, or no matter how physically attractive he/she is to each other, it would still be futile.
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Most people will eventually start feeling lonely and if they arent attached... will start to spend time with those not previously considered - ie. they will bond emotionally and love will blossom
What makes you think "most" is accurate? You interviewed all of them to make such conclusion?
And what makes you think they FAILED in getting attached? Ever wondered that being single is also a CHOICE they favour instead?
Not everyone is as cheap as you to feel so low and down just because they can't bait in a physically attractive mate and would lower their requirement to settle for porkchops. That is a gross generalization on your part.
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Different people have different standards and expectations, but generally:
Attractive guy: tall(er)_than_girl/masculine/handsome/reasonably buff/charming/polite/socially active/good income
Attractive girl: curvy/feminine.
GENERALLY?
Why don't you show me the consensus/survey facts to prove your point instead of speculating here mindlessly?