On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 07:41:51 -0800, C.B. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I live in California. And lately I've been a little troubled (in a raised >eyebrows way only) by the choices some women are making about cosmetic >surgery - massive breasts, huge upper lips, etc. Now, I've had a little >something or other done myself so I have little room to talk, but there >seems to be some predilection lately for downright caricature. It's like a >display of fecundity via flashing neon sign. But I'd think for any male with >any sense of subtlety, it would just seem strange. I went to see Ocean's Eleven the other day, and spent a large part of the film being deeply disturbed by Julia Roberts's upper lip. I have never seen anything like it! I mentioned it to my boyfriend afterwards and he agreed that it was not a pretty sight. >Now, if that other person is wearing aftershave or perfume that masks their >pheromones, has altered their ethnicity through a nose job (saw pix of a >beautiful Persian woman who'd done this the other day - she no longer had >that beautiful, distinctive and modest high bridge), has inflat-a-breasts, >colored contacts, bleached hair, etc. etc. - oh, and say they're on The Pill >too, which tends to cause preference for those that are alike rather than >those that are suitably different in pheromone terms. How the heck is >evolution supposed to sort through THAT smokescreen? That's interesting about the Pill, and not something I've heard before. Do you have a reference? >Let me say that anyone is welcome to do whatever they like that makes them >feel better. And I'm guilty of having done more than one of the above. But >over time I find myself coming back to wanting to be just like I am at my >best naturally. People are actually nicer to me when my hair's lighter, but >I'm just not a blond. I don't feel like a blond, I don't look good as a >blond. I'm more me as a dark brunette, and strange though it may sound, it >has been really important to me to get back to that. I don't know if anyone >else can relate? It is, I suppose, an extension of the >getting-back-to-Paleo-basics thing. Instinct, IMHO, does a LOT more than the >modern world may still give it credit for. I can definitely relate, although it's not 'new since Paleo' since I've always been like that. In particular I can't understand why people do painful things like waxing and eyebrow-plucking! (But must admit I am considering dyeing my hair when the white hairs get too prominent) Cheers, Jo