Quote Originally Posted by Alric View Post
Except we weren't talking about someone being pleasing by societal standards. We were talking about looking at a person, and personally finding them more pleasing than another person. Not because of standards created by someone else, but your own internal standards, that one person is better looking than another.
I'm not disagreeing with you or agreeing with you on general principle. Just pointing out that finding someone more attractive than another person doesn't really prove your point. All feelings of attraction are not inherently sexual. Even when I can legitimately find someone else attractive, not just recognize they are attractive, that is likely social training shining through. Training on what is nicer to look at. Just like at a dog show, I don't see a difference between one dog and the other. But someone who is familiar with dog shows has been trained what to look for and they internalize that. Some houses are better kempt than others and people enjoy going to 'Parade of Homes' events. They don't have any desire to sleep with the house. But some houses, like art, are nice to look at.