Sunday, April 07, 2013

The Character Beautiful


This is a character,  whose equal in English is the word BEAUTIFUL. It is pictograph, the upper part showing a big male goat with strong horns, down the upper part a man. That is the word BEAUTIFUL comes from, men are beautiful - so our ancestors believed.

It is universal that the males are more beautiful than females. A male lion with all the mane looks much better than a female lion. Most male birds are more colorful than their females.

Why? Females do not have to be good looking to be attractive, they are noble. They are noble because they are female, the precious resource for their species. As we know, eggs are always much less than sperms.(注:以上来自王东岳先生的讲座)

Pretty look is not a priority for females in animal world. Females just put their energy on other important aspects, which is a RIGHT thing for their species to survive.

But now we human is the other way round. Women are supposed to be prettier. Women put more effort on being good-looking. Is it the outcome of long human history when males are more powerful in society? So women put much of their energy on looking good outside, sometimes in the value of ignoring the harm to their body/health. Think about the huge market for silicone breast implanting. Breasts are for babies, or for men?

Can this culture/social phenomenon lead human beings to go extinct?

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