Women that men find pretty but women don't... (mens, beauty, look)
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Oddly some have mentioned Jolie and Kunis in the "too skinny" category. They never struck me as thinspo material.
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Originally Posted by crazyaddiction
Why does Halle Berry's name keep getting mentioned? Are other women of color (full black women) not on your radar?
Chanel Iman.
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Of course with your comment in parenthesis you will probably disapprove in the way I mildly disapprove of your racial purity test.
In either case why don't you contribute to this thread and tell who you think qualifies? I agree, Halle Berry is old news, never was that impressed with her.
Zoe Saldana always dresses nice even if I am not a big fan I can recognize style and she self-identifies as black, so meh.
They are both mixed and both identify as black. Seriously, who decides these things? Whoever it is most likely checked their DNA at the door.
they both LOOK mixed, though. chanel iman has very lightskin which is a result of admixture. zoe saldana is dominican, they tend to be a highly racially mixed group. she also has soft textured hair that is not common amongst full black women like me. why don't you list women who are very darkskinned with kinky hair? why do you exclude them from your most beautiful list??
they both LOOK mixed, though. chanel iman has very lightskin which is a result of admixture. zoe saldana is dominican, they tend to be a highly racially mixed group. she also has soft textured hair that is not common amongst full black women like me. why don't you list women who are very darkskinned with kinky hair? why do you exclude them from your most beautiful list??
Everyone has their own tastes. I don't really think really dark-skinned women look that good IMO. I'm white and they just don't appeal to me. I personally like slight tanned or pale looking women. Then it narrows down from there. Obviously really dark skinned women aren't ugly....im just not attracted to them.
While I broadly agree with the sentiment I noticed the term kinesthetic beauty which we simply call comportment.
Am I missing out on the latest lingo? Please fill me in.
No. I use it to be more holistic.
Comportment by common definition is bearing, demeanor and behavior. These are great attributes which contribute to the floating subjective parameters of beauty to various beholders.
Kinesthetic is more about how the physical visual whole moves (akin to 'deportment'): fluidity of motion, muscular control, smoothness, conveying healthiness and fitness. Contrast the way, say, a member of the feline family moves versus the pachyderm family in the animal kingdom or the movement of a racehorse at Kentucky Derby (Stacey Keibler ) versus, say, a mule or plow horse.
Note, a draft horse is just as beautiful kinesthetically, just in a different way. Hence, some women can look like, say Gina Carano, Annie Thorisdottir, (fitness competitors) and be just a different type of beauty - again, within the floating parameters of beauty to various different beholders.
Part of the problem is Hollywood and mass media in todays age, tends to always show an idealized 'willowy' race horse, causing women of different body types to focus on something often unrealistic for themselves versus focusing on what to do to make themselves look their best for their inherent body type.
Someone can be well 'comported' but not healthy. Whereas, the kinesthetic is more toward visual fluid aesthetics i.e. the anthropological quest for survival - best for breeding - I think you or another poster mentioned previously.
Here's a funny clip from a classic film, The Women, showing some training at 2:30 minute mark. I particularly find the instructor most delightful.
In this group I prefer Paulette Goddard (Charlie Chaplin had great taste) and Joan Crawford (started career as dancer). Note the two without 'comportment' at the 6:23 mark for laughs.
Kinesthetic beauty comes in all shapes and sizes: from petite lithe ballet dancers, figure ice skaters, sparkplug dynamos in gymnastics, solid downhill skiers, to rangy volleyball, tennis or swimmers, or just plain genetically blessed. They are all good when the person is fit and healthy for their body type and has the added comportment bearing and demeanor.
I know, a tad too much, but this is only one aspect of a woman's beauty as the intangibles aptitude , attitude really make a big difference - again, depending on what each subjective individual finds of most importance, but you asked..
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) versus, say, a mule or plow horse. 
