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