87: Modern Beauty

Traditional Beauty attributes:
M: tall, handsome, clever, rich … …
F: long hair, good face, feminine, virtuous … …

Nowadays, there are more and more attributes of Modern Beauty:
M: confident, responsible, fit, humorous, trustworthy … …
F: fit and in shape, high EQ, generous, trustworthy, colourful … …

The concept of beauty is an ever-evolving. While humans are becoming more sophisticated, many thinking and concepts are evolving at the same time. Like in the past, men would think obedient women are beautiful and a man having an obedient wife is one thing to be proud of. But nowadays, with better education, emergence of feminists and widened horizons of women, women who are blindly obedient to her partner are not beautiful. Beautiful women now have their own thinking and those even more beautiful women would be obedient to their man dependant upon situations and sometimes they would be obedient like a sheep and sometimes independent like a tiger. The same also applies to men. Humans are evolving and becoming cleverer.

Inner Beauty also becomes one of the crucial components of Modern Beauty. As long as Outer Beauty is also important, people do realize the importance of the Inner. A normal Outer and normal Inner can become better than an excellent Outer but intolerable Inner.

People can now also pay for Modern Beauty. Fat, go to gym or slimming centres; Unattractive, so to do cosmetic surgery; Shy, can go to workshops to boost confidence; Too boyish, can buy more feminine dresses; Too girlish, can go tanning and gym to develop muscles. There are many other ways that humans can pay for Modern Beauty and sources are plentiful.

Evolution of the Concept, in a word, is due to Evolution of our Values. Our Values change, so do our perception and interpretation of thinkings and concepts.