1. Attraction
What is Beauty?

2. Is this Beauty? Venus de Milo Venus of Hohle Fels
As each picture comes up have students discuss if they find the person / picture attractive and why.
Venus of Hohle Fels
year old statue
Venus de Milo

3. Is this Beauty?
Venus at a Mirror
Venus at her Mirror

4. Is this Beauty?
King Henry VIII
Prince William

5. Is this Beauty?
Elizabethan Women
Modern Tanned Woman

6. Is this Beauty?
Football 1960s
Football 2010s

7. Is this Beauty?
Barbie Doll Real Proportions
Wonder Woman

8. Is this Beauty?
Original Superman 1940s
Superman of 2012

9. Is this Beauty?
Garry Cooper 1920s & 30s
Johnny Depp

10. Is this Beauty?
Kate Moss
Marilyn Monroe

11. Is This Beauty?
Ryan Gossling
Zac Efron

12. Is This Beauty?
Meagan Fox
Jessica Alba

13. Is This Beauty?
Robert Pattison
Ryan Reynolds

14. Is This Beauty?
Blake Lively
Carrie Underwood

15. Is this Beauty? Nickname - Giraffe Woman
African Tribal Woman with Lip Piecing

16. Why are we Attracted to People?
Similarity - We like people who are similar to us in terms of interests, attitudes or experiences.  Differences strengthen a relationship when they are complementary, that is, when each partner's characteristics satisfy the other's needs.
Reciprocal attraction - We like people who like us, usually.
Gain-loss effect – We like people the most if we feel we have gained in their estimation of us (e.g., if they initially disliked us but now like us), and that we dislike people the most if we feel  we have lost their favour.
Have students copy the notes starting here – they may summarize if they prefer.

17. Why are we Attracted to People?
Competence - We like to be around talented people, probably because we hope that their skills and abilities will rub off on us.
Disclosure - Revealing important information about yourself can help build liking.  When people share private and personal information with you, it suggests they trust and respect you.

18. Physical Attraction
Physical beauty consists largely of the following factors:
Indicators of health
Indicators of fertility
Indicators of good genes
The above factors are common world wide, the final factor that makes beauty unique for every society is cultural preferences

19. Cultural Preferences
Cultural preference will indicate things such as health or breeding age but these will tend to look the same from one society to another
One factor that is unique is wealth
In rich nations the richer you are the thinner you tend to be
In poor countries the richer you are the heavier you tend to be
Historically soft pale skin was considered attractive as it meant you were rich enough not to be out in the fields under the sun working. Today tanned hard bodies are considered attractive as it means you are rich enough to have time for holidays in the sun and are healthy.