And the two categories: Beautiful or not..
Do yoiu realize that the standard of beauty changes over time? Today, the standard of physical beauty is one wearing a size 3; but 30 years ago it was different. Women still must look skinny, particularly in most western and eastern cultures, but usually, it was merely centered on the upper body. However, go farther back in time and the skinny standard is still more loosened
In my opinion, the reason is simple: the more dressed women are in public the less expectation the men have on their bodies. But as clothing became less, the greater the expectation of their bodies. And since "Charlie's Angels" in the late to early 1980's when women shown are thin and bathing suits no longer featured skirts, the standard if physique instantly changed.
Now girls are starving themselves to ill and death in the attempt to meet those expectations.
Obviously in our society, whether in the stone age or today, hardly anyone wants 300-pound women; men in the aforementioned cultures still possess the ideal sense of femininity which seemed to center around the notions of gentleness, tenderness, and grace (which to some carried on to physical preferences). Nevertheless, with more clothing a woman wears the less of her outline is exposed to the eyes of men.
Am I advertising that women should now wear Burkhas? No, but there is something to be said of clothing as I believe there is a strong correlation between clothing and physical expectation. And neither can you deny the lengths girls go through to meet those unrealistic expectations.