I have a notion that evolution pulls in two directions so far as men’s attraction to women is concerned—low maintenance for some features, perhaps directly related to reproduction, though I’ve never heard that symmetry correlates with easy birth or healthy children, but high maintenance for other features. Preferring rare but popular physical features is high maintenance in itself. And there are some other aspects of attractiveness which are obviously costly, and that’s presumably the point.
I have a notion that evolution pulls in two directions so far as men’s attraction to women is concerned—low maintenance for some features, perhaps directly related to reproduction, though I’ve never heard that symmetry correlates with easy birth or healthy children, but high maintenance for other features. Preferring rare but popular physical features is high maintenance in itself. And there are some other aspects of attractiveness which are obviously costly, and that’s presumably the point.