This article deals with subjectivity and objectivity in the perception of beauty. The central analysis is on motivations for the production and consumption of human beauty as it is put into practice. It also considers generalizations on themes which, being common to all human societies, are perceived as important social phenomena. Anecdotes, proverbs, and aphorisms are taken as strategic data for the attainment of these objectives.
anedoctes; beauty; old-age; proverbs; seduction; sexual attraction; ugliness; youth
