Beauty and the beast

Off the booze tonight and as you may have guessed I've a bit too much time on my hands before beddie byes. Well that and the fact that my expensive education has enabled me to hack these computers so that I don't have to pay for the internet.

In Malacca (Malaysia) there is a Museum of Beauty and being a cheapo backpacker I didn't go in, but the general idea behind it - that what is considered beautiful not only changes over time, but from country to country, grabbed me. Some prime examples include:

Long necks (Africa and Burma)
Long earlobes (Borneo, Tamil)
Flat forehead (Mayan cultures)
Elongated heads (Congo)
Big lips (Chad)
Small feet (China)
Pale (Europe until 1960, Asia now)
Very Tanned (Europe 1960-1990)
Tannedish (Europe now)
Fat (Europe ca. 1600)
Dead Thin (Europe ca. 1965)
Thinnish (Europe now)

Unfortunately most of these characteristics seem only to apply to women, and a man as usual, just has to be a man :)