I remember growing up I was definitely as attracted to commercially advertised, or "popular" females, as the rest of the hormone-soaked adolescent male market, but never really understood why. Cindy Crawford, Pam Anderson, Shania Twain... us dudes all saw these epic profiles and reacted the same, regardless of how they compared to our then girlfriends, true personal tastes, etc.
No question, every day, all day, all of us hollered accordingly:
"She's freakin' hot!"
As I got older, I began to notice that, in the course of normal, everyday life, certain female faces "stood out", or caught my attention, and at first I couldn't pin point what it was about these beauties that was so damn intriguing. But, they all dug up similar emotions experienced during a Baywatch episode 6, 7 years prior. I would think...
"Why can't I stop looking at this person?"
Depending on the situation, I would have trouble forgetting a face for an amount of time abnormal relative to how long it takes to forget the average stranger's face. In other words, we pass by hundreds of faces every hour, day, week (depending on your living and work conditions), and, usually, immediately forget 100% of them. We even glance up every now and then and make direct eye contact with a total stranger, and science proves that if we saw that same person again later that day, we are not guaranteed a memory of them from earlier that day to remind us we have seen them before. They would appear a total stranger, never experienced before. We forget them in seconds. But there are those chosen 2 or 3 every year or so (for me) that STUN me, I mean really knock me back, sear my memory, and I would still think of that face the next day, week, even month.
So I took hard mental note what it was about these gems that latched onto my conscious attention the last time I saw one, and pieced together a list of features that were unique and relatively rare compared to the "crowd" (just the first 4):
1. symmetry of the face
2. surface area of the eyes relative to the total facial real estate
3. concavity of cheeks as a result of deepened cheek bones
4. balanced smile
When I saw another masterpiece, I ran through my mental checklist, and checked each feature off as I glanced at her money-maker. Then I tested friends, identifying a gem in crowded mall, a group picture, etc., and sure as Obama's incompetence, all homey's were in! It appeared we had a Cindy, Pam, and Shania match 15 years later!
In conducting an investigation, I watched (loving Netflix!) the documentary "The Science of Sex Appeal" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1309188/) to see if my list had any relevance or merit. It turns out there is strong evidence around there being a scientific formula governing what attracts us to the opposite sex. Certain features of the face, and how they measure in proportion to other features, along with where they are placed in relation to others, with great, great precision, control to what degree we are "universally attractive". One ratio, or the "golden ratio", when applied to certain facial features, turns out to be a top quality in our Cindy's, Pam's, and Shania's, and the strange Minka Kelly look-a-like sipping a martini to my right...
Watch the documentary to learn more!
And whether you're modeling for CK and 10-10 on breaking 10s' hearts or rocking a slightly rigid jaw line / crooked smile as a result of 1.) significant dental work as an adolescent and 2.) 5 years of ear-hole crack-back block football hits like me, not to worry! It's 2012! Plastic surgeons await!
But beware! Note the "golden ratio" relies on ultimate precision! A fraction of a millimeter exists between a successful plastic surgery and looking like the BEAST from Sandlot!
Happy Saturday!
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