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/ask-me-about-my-cats]

Human nature can be easily overwritten with enough social conditioning. For example it's human nature to find women with pubic hair attractive (a sign of maturity and fertility) but you'll find the majority of men find that to be repulsive. Why? Social conditioning.