I was referring to a comparative study which "found that men place more importance on how they look than women”, I don’t infer that vanity should be defined as a negative within the context of this study. Definitions must be placed in context…. For example, Aristotle stated that the vain have a blown up self-image, but they are not worthy of it. Hume said that "vanity is rather to esteem’d as a social passion, and a bond of union among men.
A study by the University of Chapman found that men place more importance on how they look than women, with blokes citing appearance as the second strongest predictor of overall life satisfaction. Only financial success was found to trump attractiveness.
I agree with you... one cannot be in love one month and out of love the next. It is such a precious and rare gift that it should be treated like China in your hand when it happens..
Being slim is a cultural thing. In some cultures it is status to have extra weight, meaning you can afford to eat plenty. Why is western culture so obsessed with weight?
A recent experiment (Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 493-504) revealed that women pictured wearing cosmetics were evaluated as healthier, more confident, and even having greater earning potential than the same women wearing no makeup.
Aristotle Aristotle’s influence on western culture and science has been enormous. His writings, many of which survived the great periods of turmoil and the millennia separating us from him, show him to be a man of tremendous intellect who thought deeply about the world.
The marketeers in society says that in order for us 'Not to be Judged' (apart from it being a multi billion pound industry) then we must buy into all or some of those treatments in order to fit in with the beautiful, successful and rich. An ever increasing amount of men are also buying into this concept... Our material and not natural world. However, the vast majority of women and men dress up in order to make themselves feel good.. There is something liberating in that... the opposite does not appeal to either the material or natural world; in my opinion...
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and the jeans are a bit tight....
have an Irish Whiskey 
It's official: Men are more vain than women
I was referring to a comparative study which "found that men place more importance on how they look than women”, I don’t infer that vanity should be defined as a negative within the context of this study. Definitions must be placed in context…. For example, Aristotle stated that the vain have a blown up self-image, but they are not worthy of it. Hume said that "vanity is rather to esteem’d as a social passion, and a bond of union among men.