tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post7627312689179738528..comments2023-10-01T01:56:19.699-07:00Comments on You Made Me Theorize: Science of AttractionJoseph P. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-4939972092053883672010-11-22T15:13:05.789-08:002010-11-22T15:13:05.789-08:00You're totally not gross. People have plenty o...You're totally not gross. People have plenty of "strange" attractions, and I think this answer's Joe's question of whether or not beauty can be found beneath the skin. <br /><br />It also definitely plays into our recent discussions on disability and the anecdote of the disable woman...finding beauty in something that would, according to convention, not be considered beautifulMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772474168388069197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-1625642898246160582010-11-20T12:56:44.808-08:002010-11-20T12:56:44.808-08:00This is embarrassing, but since we're all frie...This is embarrassing, but since we're all friends, I might as well admit it: I find the actor who plays Snape in the Harry Potter films (Alan Rickman) attractive. I know! My friends have already told me how gross I am for thinking that, but it's true. Something about him is really attractive to me, and I know for a FACT that it can't be socially constructed. So...how can that be explained? I am sure that it has a lot to do with biology and also possibly psychoanalysis (really don't want to go there...), but I've never really given it a lot of thought.Kelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702407667939715244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-68398344266179635572010-11-20T08:39:45.927-08:002010-11-20T08:39:45.927-08:00I've heard people say that once they fell in l...I've heard people say that once they fell in love with someone, that person's physical flaws or what-have-you became less prominent, and I'm inclined to agree. I don't know if that's you manipulating your subconscious, because that implies a degree of intention and I don't think you can really control your subconscious intentionally, but I do think it's a thing that happens. Why else would that woman at the beginning of the Davis reading have gotten married when, I would argue, the majority of society would find her unattractive?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05407681542633104049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-68380913147808874522010-11-19T17:01:17.131-08:002010-11-19T17:01:17.131-08:00I agree, totally legit questions. I also like your...I agree, totally legit questions. I also like your point about the Venus statue "infatuation" being more based on sculptor expertiseMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772474168388069197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-32072663847182947242010-11-19T13:07:43.844-08:002010-11-19T13:07:43.844-08:00I'm reminded of a class discussion from a few ...I'm reminded of a class discussion from a few years back, during which, a female student who said something along the lines of, "Look. I find Keanu Reeves attractive. I don't think that's a cultural construction." <i>The Matrix</i> was in theaters at the time. My professor's response was as follows: "It's hard for me to see how finding Keanu Reeves attractive is <i>not</i> a cultural construction." His argument was basically that the broad media apparatus surrounding Reeves spent most of it's time championing his attractiveness, which is arguably why we think he's attractive, and potentially say things like, "That guy looks like Keanu Reeves," in the first place. More to the point, Neo is not disabled. <br /><br />I also remember another professor of mine telling a student, in pretty much these exact words, the following: "I've grown a bit tired of hearing that such-and-such is a 'social construction.' I understand that Judith Buter got away with it, but you have to do better than that."<br /><br />These are legit questions, Oceania. I hope that your peers can shed some not-so-lazy light on them.Joseph P. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.com