Why am I having so much trouble turning the face into a female one rather than a male? It’s like one of those mind puzzles. I look at it once and it’s a boy; again, and it’s a girl.
Searching for beauty, (of which I found none) I checked the redhead for, at least, something subtle, like a "Mona Lisa-esque" smile. Instead, I found -- and was put-off by -- the disdainful implication conveyed by the upper lip...
In dismissing the expected beauty as non-existent, I failed to comprehend that I had subconsciously categorized the subject as male -- or, at best, androgynous.
My guess is that the judges who found that mediocre caricature to be attractive are, themselves, "gender-confused" or, more likely , singlemindedly homosexual...
And, the absolutely mediocre shirtless male selection raises that probability to at least 98%...
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BTW, the B&W building, and, even the umbrellas, remind me of my own "high contrast patterns" period... '-)