- Dec 19, 2019
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Times are surely a'changinSlightly off-topic, but I well remember learning about Umm Kulthum while in Egypt many, many moons ago, and seeing old B&W TV footage of Egyptian men openly swooning over her at a concert. That was my first lesson that different cultures have very different perceptions and expectations about feminine beauty. Even within Western culture, those perceptions have changed significantly over the last several decades.