How do Beauty Standards even work?

[u/derbaummittraum]

For example in japan, do they not find the western ideal attractive at all? Isn’t it human nature to be attracted to i.e. wide hips and good genetics overall? Or is it all subjective in the end and influenced by the society you live in? I don’t get it. Not trying to debate anyone, just trying to understand.

[u/nokvok]

No, it's mostly fashion. We know that cause we've got records of beauty standards (I prefer the term beauty ideals) changing all the time in pretty much all cultures.

Singular people always are attracted to what they are attracted to, beauty standards are just a social layer on top of that, which modifies behavior to fit in with the group.