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I would say it's a combination of nurture and nature. Nature tends to lay the basic foundation, and then our culture gives the definitions. Take the definition of healthy as an example. When talking about women, today's definition of healthy is of a very svelte woman being attractive. Now, rewind to the middle ages when being full figured was the desired look for a woman. I can only speculate as to the reasoning of this, but, our current culture seems to be heading for women taking up less space which still has some remaining aspects of when women were expected to wear corsets to slim their figure. During the Middle Ages, disease was rampant. In general, people assumed that if a woman was full figured, she ate well and that she wasn't touched by disease. Culture comes about through our environment. During the Middle Ages, the people adapted to what was around them. Survival of the fittest is defined by nature, who is the fittest is defined by culture.
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