Post by jerryspringer on Feb 9, 2008 7:01:33 GMT -5
I'm confused about all of your references to cheekbones. Where to start? Okay, you guys keep saying that wide cheekbones reflects mongolian features. I understand that Mongols have wide cheekbones, but just where do you draw the line between cheekbones wide enough to be considered mongolian influenced and not wide enough?
This is really confusing because many Caucasians (I hate refering to people by their race, but this discussion makes it necessary) have wide cheeks. I know that Aadmin claims Nordics and others to have Asian influences, which studies have showed, but can we say that these people have Mongoloid features? Also, what about those with high cheekbones? It seems that many models who have high cheeks have been selected based on that feature.
Link: www.femininebeauty.info/cheekbones.htm
While googling some more, I found this on Yahoo Answers:
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Link: answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061122154619AAF6hI3
I can't even make a difference between high cheekbones and the Mongoloid cheebones that you boneheads keep talking about! What is the difference and are high cheekbones also the result of Mongoloid influence? This article examines high cheekbones and their appeal:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/12/wboys12.xml
Now, let's look at Julius Caesar and his cheekbones:
web.ics.purdue.edu/~rauhn/julius_caesar.jpg
This is really confusing because many Caucasians (I hate refering to people by their race, but this discussion makes it necessary) have wide cheeks. I know that Aadmin claims Nordics and others to have Asian influences, which studies have showed, but can we say that these people have Mongoloid features? Also, what about those with high cheekbones? It seems that many models who have high cheeks have been selected based on that feature.
More systematic evidence for robust cheekbones among high-fashion models has been provided by cosmetic surgeon Stephen Marquardt. Marquardt has derived a mask -- from the golden ratio -- that he claims describes the facial proportions of the most attractive people, irrespective of sex or ethnicity. His mask is, of course, meaningless because facial proportions notably differ across continental human populations and between the sexes. Nevertheless, his claim that white women are more likely than African-American women or sub-Saharan African women to have a face broader than the mask clearly reflects a major sampling bias on his part because whether one considers absolute dimensions or shape [with size controlled for], white women have, on average, narrower faces than African-American women or sub-Saharan African women, which should be common observation and is also something that has been well-described in the literature.
Link: www.femininebeauty.info/cheekbones.htm
While googling some more, I found this on Yahoo Answers:
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First off, what are they and why are they considered to be "attractive"? And while we're on the subject, is there such thing as "low cheekbones"?
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High cheekbones, are just the structure, of the skull, that are more pronounced, of that bone area. I have never heard of low cheekbones, but I think the majority of people have low cheekbones. The few people that have the high cheekbones, (in the female race) are very attractive, in my mind. I think they are more hereditary, than anything. Its like girls with dimples (wow).
Link: answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061122154619AAF6hI3
I can't even make a difference between high cheekbones and the Mongoloid cheebones that you boneheads keep talking about! What is the difference and are high cheekbones also the result of Mongoloid influence? This article examines high cheekbones and their appeal:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/12/wboys12.xml
Studies have already demonstrated that women find prominent cheekbones in men attractive, she said, adding that it could also explain the attraction of sideburns, which exaggerate the effect, shedding light on why Hugh Jackman became a sex symbol when he played Wolverine in X-Men and its sequel.
Now, let's look at Julius Caesar and his cheekbones:
web.ics.purdue.edu/~rauhn/julius_caesar.jpg