At 11:11 AM 03/17/2001 -0700, you wrote: >I'm sure they did--gotta get the babes to look at you, at least :) > >The few majorly into it body builders I've met have each gotten to a point >where they opted for muscle size over flexibility. That would never have >worked in a h-g society, I suspect. That, and working on every possible >muscle with the intensity these same guys applied, seem to me to be a >modern obsession. > >"Bigger, stronger, faster" have always, to my knowledge, been selected >for... especially when they mean more food, more respect, etc. > >Along those same lines... my personal visually-aesthetic preference I find >likes definition, but I find too much bulk or too sculpted a real turn-off >(see, even the way I put it, "too much")... I find that an interesting >thing in myself... I wonder how much we're trained to find a particular >body type pleasing, how much is more instinctive (from the natural >selection pov), and how much is somehow individual? > >Dianne Being overly concerned with your hair style and whether or not your arm vein is visible is a more modern trait of the Californium Sissyfus Dorkus and not in any way shape or form related to what a true man considers important in securing a mate. Dave