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As many people know, the standards of beauty are very different between North America and Europe, and have been for centuries. For example, both men and women in Europe shave their pubic and body hair, where as the very same body hair is considered atractive in both men and women in North America. Men in North America neve shave their beards because American women find full beards atractive, where as in Europe Moustaches and Gotees are considered atractive, and not "enfeminate" as they are in North America. Tanning is common for both men and women in North America, where as whiteness is considered more atractive to both men and women in Europe. Both American Men and woman are considered more atractive if they have more muscle then fat, again opposite as in Europe, who perfer fat men and women. It's also considered "manish" for a woman to be over 6ft in Europe, where as in America this is considered especially beautiful. Finally, the size of the breasts, Americans like them large, where as European men like them small. So my question to you, if the standard of beauty can be so radically different between two regions with so much shared culture and history, it stands to reason that stadard of beauty would be rather different in alternate timelines as well. What historical events would need to happen differently to have radically different standards of beauty in another timeline?
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