Last week's discussion

(I forgot posting this, sorry if this seems late)

Last week's discussion of
why women spend more effort and time on beauty than men?

I could not say it in discussion due to lack of time in the class and I consider it to be closely related with evolution. It is not about evolution or creation but evolution of men and women in their processes of looking for "best match."
For men, it has been considered attractive to be capable of earning more resources for long time - during prehistoric age. In the prehistoric age, the capability was ability to collect more food, usually done by hunting. Because of this, muscular men have been considered more attractive to women as a trace, although it was considered a prime aspect in choosing a man in prehistoric age. Nowadays, it is financial and social background. As often shown from multiple researches, choosing a spouse, women usually prioritize economic ability and personality.
In contrary, men prioritize beauty. The beauty includes complex concepts but usually represent femininity. Criteria of the femininity appear as big bosoms, hips and skinny body. The traits are symbolic aspects of feminine woman - which means better ability to give birth to children and raise them. It is undeniable that a prime trait men look for from women is their beauty. Personality is taken account as well, just like women do.
Considering that beauty appears as a superficial while economic and social background have to be revealed, beauty is easily detected and effective to appeal to men. However, they are all similar in an aspect that they are the biggest appeals to the other sex. Thus it can be considered that women seeking beauty and men seeking for masculinity - usually appear as weight lifting in gym - and economic background are equivalents. Men's efforts are usually not as easy to detect as women's efforts for beauty because eager for economic background and masculinity can originate from other factors as well: such as desire for expensive products and health. In the sense, it is not that women spend more time and effort to make themselves more attractive than men do.