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==Origin==
[[Latin]] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/physicus physicus].
==Definition==
*The [[form]] or [[structure]] of a [[person]]'s [[body]] : bodily makeup
*The [[trained]] muscular structure of a person's body.
==Description==
[[Physical]] attractiveness is the [[perception]] of the physical traits of an [[individual]] as being [[aesthetically]] pleasing or [[beautiful]]. The term often implies [[sexual]] attractiveness.
Generally, physical [[attraction]] is dependent on [[three]] [[factors]]: [[universal]] perceptions common to all [[human]] [[cultures]], cultural and social aspects, and [[individual]] subjective [[preferences]]. Despite universally held perceptions of [[beauty]] in both sexes, [[males]] tend to place significantly higher [[value]] on physical appearance in a [[partner]] than women do. This can be explained by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology evolutionary psychology] as a consequence of [[ancestral]] humans who selected partners based on secondary sexual characteristics, as well as general indicators of fitness (for example, [[symmetrical]] features) enjoying greater reproductive success as a result of higher [[fertility]] in those partners, although a [[male]]'s [[ability]] to provide [[resources]] for [[offspring]] was likely signalled less by physical features.[1] This is because the most prominent indicator of [[fertility]] in [[women]] is [[youth]], while the traits in a man that enhance reproductive success are proxies for his ability to accrue [[resources]] and [[protect]].[4] There [[appear]] to be [[universal]] [[standards]] regarding attractiveness both within and across [[cultures]] and [[ethnic]] [[groups]].
Physical attractiveness can have a significant [[effect]] on how people are [[judged]] in terms of employment or [[social]] [[opportunities]], [[friendship]], [[sexual]] [[behavior]], and [[marriage]].[6] In many cases, humans attribute positive characteristics, such as [[intelligence]] and [[honesty]], to attractive people without consciously realizing it.[7] In certain instances, physical attractiveness is distinct from sexual attraction; [[humans]] may regard the young as [[attractive]] for various reasons, for example, but without sexual attraction.
[[Women]], on [[average]], tend to be attracted to men who are slightly taller and who have a [[relatively]] narrow waist and broad shoulders. Men, overall, tend to be attracted by women who are slightly shorter, have a youthful [[appearance]] and exhibit features such as a [[symmetrical]] face, full [[breasts]], full lips, and a low waist-hip [[ratio]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physique]
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