FAP Recap

Recapitulation

 
Artistic image: Droplets - Nose - LipFace (© RGES).

In chapter 1 I wrote about FAP. FAP stands for ‘Facial Attractor Patterns’.
By this, I mean the facial patterns that are considered attractive by most people. Our attention is often drawn to beautiful facial features. At least, many men are visually oriented and unconsciously pay attention to women's faces. We can (unconsciously) become aware of natural motives of human beauty.

Before a man and a woman fall in love, they often want to see each other first. If they find each other attractive, they can fall in love.

Men are (unconsciously) sensitive to certain feminine lines and shapes in the face. Of course, visual beauty is only one of the many aspects of attractiveness or falling in love. In this chapter, I will limit myself to describing the biological mechanisms of visual attraction by women on men.

Not everyone finds the same things attractive. Even two romantic partners can differ in taste. It is about what you appreciate in the other person, and what the other person appreciates in you. In short, a female FAP acts as a superstimulus on the male observer: his attention is drawn (unconsciously) to it.

FAP terminology

You may have noticed by now that I use multiple variations of the abbreviation ‘FAP’.
FAP can stand for:
Facial Attraction Pattern,
Facial Attractor Pattern,
Facial Attention Pattern,
Facial Attentional Pattern,
Facial Awareness Pattern,
Face Arrangement Pattern,
Facial Arrangement Pattern,
Facial Acquirement Pattern.

Each of these variants refers to a relevant characteristic or functional aspect of the bio-mental phenomenon called FAP. The terminology is interchangeable, but it may depend on the perspective: the text describes either the person (for example, female) who has an attractive facial pattern, or describes the person (male) who is attracted by the facial gestalt.