If this is true, then why do children care so much about looks?

Dionna Doyel: If your hypothesis was right, children would care because it would be instinctive that they would do this. It would be of evolutionary significance.

Alisia Sutphen: Hee hee. People in general are not all as intelligent as that!We care about physical attractiveness because we are attracted to lovely beautiful things in general.Why would we love to see a lovely butterfly but are not so keen on seeing a slug? Why would we admire a lovely rose or flower, but not so keen on seeing a thistle?Not only that, nature NEEDS men to be attracted to women, and women to men. It is essential for the procreation of the human species. . We need to want sex together, so we have to be attracted to each other....Show more