Very interesting posts here!
Just to play devils advocate for a second here- I've read that beauty is not entirely subjective. Asymmetry in the face for example could mean disease or bad genes from an evolutionary point of view. Thusly we have evolved a preference for symmetry in our mates, and is one of the things we see in someone as being 'beautiful'. Also the bias towards wide hips and large bosom, I'm guessing are related to child bearing /rearing abilities. (oddly a large chunk of western culture is interested in girls with boy like figures, E.g. runway models. Not sure why that is, or what it means for our future(!!))
Similarly women have a bias towards alpha males because they are considered as most likely able to provide protection and provide food while one is with child. All of this is subconscious of course.
Just to play devils advocate for a second here- I've read that beauty is not entirely subjective. Asymmetry in the face for example could mean disease or bad genes from an evolutionary point of view. Thusly we have evolved a preference for symmetry in our mates, and is one of the things we see in someone as being 'beautiful'. Also the bias towards wide hips and large bosom, I'm guessing are related to child bearing /rearing abilities. (oddly a large chunk of western culture is interested in girls with boy like figures, E.g. runway models. Not sure why that is, or what it means for our future(!!))
Similarly women have a bias towards alpha males because they are considered as most likely able to provide protection and provide food while one is with child. All of this is subconscious of course.