I was watching an episode of Planet Earth the other day, about birds and their courting rituals and it crossed 
my mind that although many things in the animal kingdom are reflected in human behaviour, some things are not.
I noticed how in our society the women are the ones who spend the most time “beautifying”, while the men, by comparison, spend very little, and the little they spend is focused on looking “cool” rather than “flashy”.
The women paint and dye and pluck and accessorize, while men try to achieve that “strong and silent” look with grays and blacks, that don’t draw attention – or draw attention in a more subtle way. The birds, however, do the exact opposite: The females are rather plain, while the males are … strange and unusual would be the right description in some cases.
Even the lions have more flair than their lionesses.
So then, this reversal is rather puzzling. Why do women go to all this trouble while men stick to the plain and simple? What has changed in the attraction rules that makes us do what we do?
three words: men… are… lazy…
I think I read that this only happened some point during the Victorian period, at least with European cultures anyway. Before that I think men are just as likely to be dressed up fancy, that’s what the ‘dandys’ are right? So yeah I think it’s just cultural evolutionary drift, not an inherent quality of human beings.
And who knows if the metrosexual hipster thing really lasts the tables may turn again…
oh nice post about birds & fashion!
well i think it all depends on mate choice…
in birds often times the female chooses from a few/many suitors…so the males strut their stuff.
in humans..it’s hard to say, are girls choosing the boys? or the other way around?
Hej Iulia!
ti-am lasat un mesaj pe care vad ca l-ai sters.
Na, chiar asa sa nu ami vrei sa vb cu mine?
Acelasi lucru vad ca s-a intimplat si cu Andreea Socaciu care este in SUA…nu mai raspunde la emailuri.
Sa fie oceanul de vina?Sau poate fiindca e o oaresice racire a relatiilor UE vs continentul nord american?
