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I think it is too easy to discount the actual genetic source for males obsessions with whatever females they find attractive.
nature versus nurture sure, but in the case of many men's overwhelming lust it is probably purely genetic. society teaches specifics about the male/female relationship, and in patriarchal society young men are definitely taught to view women as objects, which further reinforces what the genes are already telling young boys.
there are not many species which diferentiate sexually who do not have a wild difference between the appearance of the male and the female. in some it is the male which is the predominant bearer of "beauty" to attract the female (peacocks for example), and in many it is the female that is the one bearing the "beauty" of the species. (of course beauty is a relative term when seen from human eyes)
In Humans the female is generally seen as more beautiful than the male, to both men and women. to many people a naked woman is a naked woman while a naked man is a naked ape.
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