Cats, Cuteness, And The Internet Article Review Examples

Cuteness is perceived as an aesthetic proprietary desire, which is to some extent feminine which enables to equate moral sentiment or the desire which makes us to take care for, to cherish the moments and the urge to protect.
According to Morreall, there are certain features which signify or constitute cuteness and especially for every adult they have their own perception about cuteness and most of the time it’s always the external features of babies which get noticed and appreciated.
Cuteness for Morreall is an adult phenomenon and only an adult could identify or perceive cuteness. I disagree with this as I have seen even children could identify and understand the difference between cute and freaks.

For Morreall cuteness is

Set of common characters amongst human infants
Infant features which our ancestors lacked
Set of attractive features which our ancestor infants had
Set of features specifically categorised as attractiveness
Cuteness as per Morreall is an abstract general attribute of infants which draws the adult to care for them.
According to Lorenz some features of a baby that get noticed first and gets cared for include:
Larger head in relative to body
Protruding forehead with relatively low set of eyes
Round protruding cheeks
Plump rounded body shapes
Soft body surface pleasing to touch
Clumsy behaviour with short extremities
Arguments
Amongst all the characteristics Lorenz has described round protruding cheeks, plump body shape and soft skin are the only attributes which works for general idea about cuteness.
Cuteness in my sense is culture specific, and except a few common attributes the rest of generalisation doesn’t work for all regions of the world.
If we visit the sub Saharan regions children are still cute for their parents and yet they might not match the general idea of what Lorenz has predicted.
Similarly not only adult have their perceptions about cuteness but it is noticeable that children have their own idea of choosing their playing partners and it is not always soft body or plump shape which works for them.
Children do cuddle amongst themselves and they choose their partners not exactly the manner in which an adult will chose a child to take care of.

Animal behaviour

Cats and dogs always show their affection by licking and it begins with the birth as well as when they welcome strangers at their home. It’s the vibe and not features which work for animals as they perceive images black and white.
A dog will show his affection and gratitude by licking while a cat will show the same by rubbing against and purring. These are not done because they like some particular set of features but the basic vibe that exist between the subjects.

Advent of internet and cuteness

Right from 1940’s when Tom and Jerry was played out for our children the outcome was to reach as much cuteness as possible for the main character. The features were kept exactly the manner a human child would like it to be.
The earliest drawings and depiction were little rough at the edges but with each passing decade the feature of Jerry changed and now has absorbed the modern day expected characterisation of cuteness. The character is much softer in look and more alluring to attract the attention of a child.
The latest to hit the modern day perception of cuteness are meme’s which not only matches the given characterization of what is conceived as cute but also delivers the message that they are acceptable by and large by both adults and children.

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