Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!watcgl!dmmartindale From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Fashion and Make-up Message-ID: <2323@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 00:14:40 EDT Article-I.D.: watcgl.2323 Posted: Fri Aug 9 00:14:40 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Aug-85 04:46:58 EDT References: <1266@eagle.UUCP><515@unc.UUCP> <99@unc.unc.UUCP> Reply-To: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 30 In article <99@unc.unc.UUCP> fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) writes: > >Personally, I have been one of those who claims to prefer >women without makeup. I think I have been misunderstood. >Given one fairly attractive woman with a good makeup job >and sexy clothing, I would prefer another woman who would >be EQUALLY attractive WITHOUT the makeup and sexy clothes. > >Of course, if this second woman also put on make-up, etc, >she would look much better than the first one. She might >even be so beautiful as to seem unapproachable. That's why >I'd prefer her without makeup and in simple, wholesome clothes. So you're saying that when choosing between two women, you'll pick the one that is more attractive. If they are equally attractive, you'll choose the one who is less threatening. And that looking good makes a woman attractive to you, unless she looks too good, in which case she is threatening. It seem that for maximum appeal to you, a woman has to figure out where your threshold of threateningness is, and then wear makeup, sexy clothes, or not as required to bring her up to, but not above this level. If she's below it, she loses because some other woman will be more attractive, if she's above it she's unapproachable. What a double bind. Anyway, it's all beside the point. I think that when most people talk about "preferring women without makeup", they mean that they prefer a woman wearing no makeup compared to THE SAME WOMAN wearing makeup. In other words, the comment is about whether makeup increases the woman's attractiveness. This is the only measure that means anything to the woman. And it seems clear that you believe that makeup makes a woman more, not less, attractive.