eew, I always thought that red lips and pink cheeks were signs of good health and youth and that THAT is what made it attractive. Now all I can thing of is ass and labia face. Some anthropologists are perverts damn it. beyonce looks like a knock off barbie doll circa 1993…fake and tacky.

That's MALE anthropolist fantasy, that's all– seeign everything as some sexual thing.
It is just a sign of health and youth, as said above, back in the day when hygeine was rare, healthcare unheard of expect in case of extreme illness of childbirth, and women's welfare depended solely on winning the graces of men who would then provide the house and food etc.
Their life depended on being attractive and out-competing other women- so the more 'show' the better.
It's just carried over since then, to enhance the appearance of a woman's face as-is or to cover up flaws.
Labia? My freakin' Gawd. Perveted anthropologists, seriously!!!

Suppose you people don't believe in pheromones either?

Pecarrie, have you ever seen a blow up doll? Their mouths look just like 'ginas. It makes sense to me. Now I am not a black woman, but shouldn't her lipstick have a more brown tone? I'm just wondering what's going on with her down there…

I've heard the theory before. I don't think women necessarily deliberately try to recreate their vulvarly exteriors, but I think it's logical that men think of sex when seeing large lush lips.

I had a hard time wearing lipstick for awhile when I first heard the theory. But I finally decided I prefered to be a vagina face over looking dead.

Oh and yeah, Beyonce looks ridiculous.

Rebekah,
I do "believe" in pheromones, it's hard science that has been well documented (among bugs mostly but that's another debate). However, just because I question a certain anthropologist’s theory on lipstick and blush doesn’t mean I don’t “believe” in science, thus meaning I am an idiot, jeez lighten up.

Kitchy, same thing for me. I had this super shiney berry color (I loved) I wore out dancing one night, and my friend told me about "the theory." It was after I got a double take from some dude, which doesn't normally happen, so I was all, "what's his problem?" Let's just say I threw the lipstick out the next day. Now whenever I wear lipstick (6 years later), it tends to be sheer partially because of the whole vulva thing, and partially because now when I wear lipstick my lips look HUGE to me. I guess I got used to Burt's Bees.

Umm, don't know about the other ladies but my nethers are most certainly NOT the shade of orange on Beyonce's lips. And those fugly earrings aren't helping either.

Her teeth are horrible in this pic! Ick! That's all

She looks like she is trying to be beat poet coffee house chic to me.

(That color looks like Merle Norman or Mary Kay attacked her.)

She should really see a doctor if she's recreating her lips to match her lips… yowza.

Or maybe Jay-Z was just drinking red Kool-Aid and…

i always said angelina's lips looked like a vagina…
beyonce clearly has no idea what she's doing here…haha

Reasoning based on blow-ups dolls?
So enlightened.
And how recent have they been around, compared to how long lip colour has been used.
I think lips are a separate feature to be found attractive, like eys, hands, legs- which doesn't have to bear any correlation to genitals out of all things. When you correlate, you actually lose out on the value of each thing individually, and in my eyes seem to get less.
If you say she's got nice lips AND eyes AND legs AND— ehem– then that is a real jackpot. Same thing for a guy- I amdire each piece and part separately.
But the whole theory seems so absurd. Like we're all hunched over with mirrors when we're aroused… and then we intend to plaster our genitals on our face? Come on. When women want men to see their nether regions, nowadays, they just go ahead and FLASH IT. Like Brit-Brit… no subliminal messaging necessary…no space left for guessing at all!

yep, we all wear lipstick and tight, low cut tees just to mimic labia and ass cheeks for the pleasure of men. fuck style and choice. fuck free will for that matter. seriously, it's great that you've discovered womankind's biggest, juiciest secret. way to go man. maybe you can use all your great sources and write a book filled with fucking haikus that are based on such enlightened anthropological suggestions.

Vagina? She doesnt even look like she HAS a vagina, if you catch my drift. Bitch looks like a straight-up shemale. Anyway, homegirl ain't mimicking anything, she's just accentuating the fact that she's a strait-up cunt.

My grandmother wears that color of lipstick - and to think all of these years I thought that it was outdated!

Pecarrie, please lose the attitude. Yeah, I used the blow up doll to illustrate a point that you seemed to have a hard time getting. Vaginas have lips, for God's sake, so is it really that difficult to put the two together?

The rest of your reasoning is convoluted at best. Do you really think women don't try to appeal to some primitive sexual drive on mens' parts? Not all women are low class whores like Britney; many use ooooold techniques - like making your face look brighter or your cheeks redder or your boobs bigger- to attract the other sex. It's pretty basic stuff.

You and ATX should start a club 'cause you both seem to think this is waaaaay beneath you. You could call it the "I Hate Mollygood" club, and every day you could read all the stuff that Cord puts out, then do your best to put it down. All while not wearing makeup, brushing your hair, or even bothering to shove the hooters into a bra.

isn't the "anthropologist" quoted here…gene simmons??