Science Of Sex Appeal Essay
The Science of Sex Appeal Documentary discusses the human’s attraction. There was a study discussed that exceedingly surprised me; people subconsciously respond to fundamental clues of physical and genetics health when choosing a partner. When babies are in the womb, their facial structure can be altered due to malnutrition, small genetic abnormality, and infections. Consequently, an experiment was designed to test the connection between symmetry and sex appeal. For this experiment, one man and woman is needed; pictures of both the man and woman’s face were taken. One of the pictures changed so that it is perfectly symmetric while the other picture had the facial design exaggerated. The two pictures were hung up on the university’s wall, and
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Women are naturally more attracted to masculine faces, and men are naturally more attracted to feminine faces. The differences in faces are caused by sex hormones. Men and women look the same when they’re younger; however, they look different as they get older due to higher estrogen and testosterone levels. I did not find anything particularly poignant, nor did I question any of the findings from the data collection. I believe that this experiment is not only credible, but it reveals the truth in attraction. It is typical that when we find someone attractive, the person tends to think about intimacy, companionship, and sex with the partner. Nevertheless, I learned that attraction goes beyond physical appearance; it focuses on the emotional, mental, and biological of a person. It is the reason why people are extremely cautious when choosing a partner to marry due to mate selection. Thus, people delay marriage and enjoy the single life. I do not see this as a problem since it allows one to truly enjoy their life without worrying about anyone. Also, cohabitation allows one to do things that only people do when they are married such as sleeping together daily. The only cohabitation I approved is engaged because the couples are soon to be married. Overall, I enjoyed the documentary, for it went truly in depth about how and why people find another person
Women are naturally more attracted to masculine faces, and men are naturally more attracted to feminine faces. The differences in faces are caused by sex hormones. Men and women look the same when they’re younger; however, they look different as they get older due to higher estrogen and testosterone levels. I did not find anything particularly poignant, nor did I question any of the findings from the data collection. I believe that this experiment is not only credible, but it reveals the truth in attraction. It is typical that when we find someone attractive, the person tends to think about intimacy, companionship, and sex with the partner. Nevertheless, I learned that attraction goes beyond physical appearance; it focuses on the emotional, mental, and biological of a person. It is the reason why people are extremely cautious when choosing a partner to marry due to mate selection. Thus, people delay marriage and enjoy the single life. I do not see this as a problem since it allows one to truly enjoy their life without worrying about anyone. Also, cohabitation allows one to do things that only people do when they are married such as sleeping together daily. The only cohabitation I approved is engaged because the couples are soon to be married. Overall, I enjoyed the documentary, for it went truly in depth about how and why people find another person