Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!jarthur!ucivax!gateway From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: aesthetics Message-ID: <9012052051.AA04799@decpa.pa.dec.com> Date: 6 Dec 90 19:43:31 GMT Lines: 9 Approved: tittle@ics.uci.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: blanche.ics.uci.edu "In this case, the "beautiful female" has been created by a male-controlled fashion industry. I would add that there is a "beautiful male" created by some of the same people, but there's much less pressure for men to adapt to this standard." It's also possible that there is as much pressure on everyone, but that men react to it less. Jim Baranski