I read somewhere recently that 95-99% of what men find most attractive in women is in the neck up. We’re initially attracted to women and ultimately adore them not primarily for their “from the neck down” bodies but for the intelligence, grace, and sheer joy of life that beams forth from their faces.
This struck me as true and an important lesson to teach our daughters and the other young ladies whose minds we influence. With all the magazines and TV shows and ads constantly reinforcing the message that beauty means being thin - usually overly thin -and showing as much flesh as possible, we need to counterbalance these messages with the truth that most men find beauty not in the breasts and hips, but in the eyes and smile – in confidence, joy, intelligence, and individual expression.
The media’s message of what female beauty consists of is actually counterproductive to cultivating true beauty. It simply makes women, especially young ladies, overly self-conscious, not confident, and perhaps even bitter and unhappy. There’s nothing sexy in that.
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