Are You Attracted to People Who Look Like You?

People seem to misunderstand the broadness of what is meant by "Looks like you." Someone who is considered to look like you might have the same hair and eye colors, as well as the clothes they wear, ect. As far as the sibling argument goes, humans are usually naturally not attracted to their siblings. Why? Because inbreeding is bad for humanity, and we instinctively know and avoid it. People who use this argument are pretty much saying that it is impossible to find their siblings attractive simply because they think they are ugly. There is a very definite line between thinking someone is attractive and wanting to have sex with them. Plenty of people have lots of social biases against people who are different, due to stereotypes. A brunette might not like blondes simply because there is always that underlying competition of which is more attractive or whatever the hell it is. Not only this, but of course other things such as racism and religious issues. In the end, a white, athiest brunette man marries a white athiest brunette woman, and it just so happens that they look a lot alike because of how they chose each other, and not simply because they look like you and that is good enough for you.

Now that I have gotten started, there are indeed a lot of behavioral traits that tend to match up with how a person looks. People can argue this one way or another, and there are exceptions, but the "level" of attractiveness often has an effect on how a person acts, whether is is kindness or cruelty, or level of intelligence. This might seem like a crappy thing to say, but it is true. Ever hear the phrase "The truth hurts?" Anyway, back to the logic. Personality traits commonly go along with how attractive or unattractive a person considers themselves, as well as how attractive others have considered them. If a person is attractive, they can get away with having personality flaws simply because they are overshadowed by the other person's desires to have an attractive significant other. Whereas a person who might be considered unattractive will compensate by being kinder and more giving. Again, there are exceptions, there are plenty of kind, attractive people, and plenty of mean unattractive people. BUT, stereotypes exist for a reason, as mean as it might be to say. This ties into the argument because of course people like to and often will choose a significant other based on personality rather than looks. Despite people trying to say it doesn't matter, even if you really didn't care how your significant other looks, it has likely had a huge effect on your choice because of how personality tends to connect to looks. In the end, you like someone with a similar personality to you, and guess what? They probably look a bit like yourself.

It is both coincidental and part of a scheme. It seems to just sort of happen, but it is likely that you were destined to be together by a long chain of psychological occurrences that may or may not have been described above. Please note that there are indeed exceptions, even lots of them. I am not saying that everyone is affected by all of these things, or even any of them at all, but the point I am trying to prove is that this topic is very valid. I am more than willing to expand on the topics I have provided, but won't for now because I have already written far too much.