In this current era,we have based all our presumptions of beauty and perspective on several eras of historical artistic expression. The Romantic Era of the 18th Century dramatically recharacterized the meaning of attractiveness in mass man and women. It proposed that all forms of beauty are based on the eyes of the perceiver. While it may seem that this would be a desirable characteristic of any civilization to support as an artistic conceptualization of beauty and all of its forms, it must be recognized that our minds arrive at beauty as a concept not from a collective cultural apparatus like in the classical era, but a sense of preconceived arrival at the notion of beauty. For this reason, we cannot individually perceive something that's beautiful because we've all arrived at the same conclusion before we have even seen the supposedly beautiful object. Furthermore, Romanticism influenced the idea that man can view beauty through an objective lens in its admirable traits. However, the idolization of beauty in its pure abstract form is the most dangerous form of Stockholm Syndrome to exist in human history. The truth is that we arrive at the conclusion that something is beautiful because we see it in ourselves. As a result, if we idolize beauty we become fascinated by it and thus enslaved by its contents. The tragedy of Narcissus further exemplifies this point. As a result of idolizing the beautiful object,we idolize what we believe it represents: ourselves. As we only delve deeper into this reaffirming culturally-induced narcissism, we begin to embrace the concept of individual identity and individualism. This shined through culturally during the 20th Century, or as some historians would argue, far before. Our slothful self-indulgence leads to the concept of ideality and lookism. The belief that one high standard of beauty, the highest of the highest in terms of historical expressions thereof serves as the best example for all individuals. This corrupt philosophy teaches us that we must affirm this is what we represent. Since none of us represent this impossible ideal, we know nobody. We're lost souls looking for guidance. This leads to the torment of the individual, a large scale psychological alienation of each individual in a society. This condition is most properly represented by females and their desire to meet the impossible. Their standards which mostly apply to females, and males to an extent, outreach the abilities provided by civilization. Romanticism is nothing more than a curse on the values of enforced monogamy and traditionalism in a society. It must be stomped out with revolution and blood if necessary.
