NorthernWind
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I mean, there is no way women are so obsessed with man's looks like it's shown in a historical and biographical text 'Alexiada' written by Byzantine princess Anna Comnena.
She describes some Western warrior:
"The sight of him inspired admiration [...] his stature was such that he towered almost a full cubit over the tallest men. He was slender of waist and flanks, with broad shoulders and chest [...] he was neither taper of form not heavily built and fleshy, but perfectly proportioned - one might say that he conformed to the Polyclitean ideal. [...] The skin all over his body was very white, except for his face which was both white and red. His hair was lightish-brown [...] His eyes were light-blue and gave some hint of the man's spirit and dignity."
Apparently women only care about PERSONALITEE and not a man's looks.
Anyway, her ideas of male beauty were:
bodily symmetry
arching brows
brilliant, hawk-like eyes
ruddy or milk-like complexion
deep/broad chest
mighty arms
broad shoulders
etc.
She describes some Western warrior:
"The sight of him inspired admiration [...] his stature was such that he towered almost a full cubit over the tallest men. He was slender of waist and flanks, with broad shoulders and chest [...] he was neither taper of form not heavily built and fleshy, but perfectly proportioned - one might say that he conformed to the Polyclitean ideal. [...] The skin all over his body was very white, except for his face which was both white and red. His hair was lightish-brown [...] His eyes were light-blue and gave some hint of the man's spirit and dignity."
Apparently women only care about PERSONALITEE and not a man's looks.
Anyway, her ideas of male beauty were:
bodily symmetry
arching brows
brilliant, hawk-like eyes
ruddy or milk-like complexion
deep/broad chest
mighty arms
broad shoulders
etc.