The Golden Ratio

The Golden Ratio

Seventy-five percent of people think perfect symmetry is the epitome of beauty, ironically, the same seventy-five percent of people choose mates with a non-symmetrical face. This shows symmetry isn’t always perceived as beautiful. The natural asymmetric beauty of the human face and/or nature doesn’t compare to the unnatural and robot like symmetric “beauty”. Although many people believe differently, beauty is unique and not created by symmetry and a scientific formula.

Even with a perfectly proportioned face, there are endless variations in color and shapes of each facial feature, shape of eyebrows, lips, and nose that makes everyone uniquely beautiful. Perfect symmetry is very uncommon and tends to result in a face that appears unnatural, animated, or robot like (Meisner). Cleary, a perfectly proportioned face isn’t equivalent to natural beauty. Women or men that defy the traditional norms of beauty and uniqueness makes symmetry not always beautiful. “I think they (people with perfect symmetry) lack character- beauty is more based on a character than an arbitrary data point. Humanity is messy and should remain as such. I, for one am not a fan of center-parting” (Beck). An asymmetric face is remarkably original and true definition of beauty.

Asymmetrical beauty is also aesthetically pleasing in different cultures. Not all countries feel the way we feel about beauty. Some cultures feel like a perfect symmetrical face isn't pleasing and that facial piercings are aesthetically pleasing. Women in Thailand believe that an elongated neck and wider lips are beautiful.