Relative to the other eye, that is, not relative to some objective aesthetic ideal.
I see a lot of men, from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and to a certain extent, Turkey, with an eye that seems to be nearly a centimeter up or down from the other eye. I don’t recall seeing this in Middle Eastern women, or men from the Persian or Pakistani or Moroccan areas, although curiously w/r/t the lack of moroccan connection, I DO see it occasionally in Hispanic women.
Is this a real phenomenon, and does it occur more often in Middle Eastern men from those countries? If not, does it maybe have to do with how they hold their heads so that some men who do not have misaligned eyes seem like they do, or it accentuates already existing non-horizontalism?
nearly one centimeter? (note: 1 cm = ca. 0.4 in) - Wouldn’t that really stand out in a pretty grotesque way? FWIW I have seen a lot of Turks here in Germany and never noticed that.
I wonder also if the lack of its prevalence in middle eastern women (if indeed there is a discrepancy) has to do with the aesthetic value of beautiful eyes in Arab culture, especially since for a lot of history one could not see the rest of the body of one’s prospective bride.
In most situations, slight deviation from an aesthetic ideal would not lower one’s breeding prospects, especially for women. But I wonder that if a situation persists for centuries where the social consequences of unmarried birth are very high (i.e. death,) and multiple marriage occurs often enough that the husband of multiple wives might select the beautiful ones to have intercourse with often enough to lower the non-beautiful ones chances of offspring significantly (not to mention selecting them for being a bride in the first place if they have beautiful eyes, which is not as good as being married to a guy with one wife, but better than not being married at all because no men can afford it.)
Nope. You’d barely notice it - probably not notice it at all in motion. My eyebrows (and maybe my eyes, I’m not sure) are set about that far off from one another. My husband didn’t notice it until I pointed it out just now. I assume he’s looked at my ugly mug before!
I mean, you can become a successful Hollywood actress with eyes a full centimeter off! (ETA: Curse you, Darryl Lict! )
(But I’ve never noticed this being more prevalent in Middle Eastern men.)
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