[vhawk01]

There are short-term fads, sort of a runaway phenomenon, that can be culturally or regionally based, but the overall human aesthetic is fairly universal.

But of course this is really just a great example of the "culture fallacy" which states that everything that is bad or stupid or wicked about humanity is a product of our evil culture. Don't you know, culture makes us all shallow, culture gives little girls eating disorders, if it werent for culture we would all be 100% peaceful, living in tune with mother nature and alternating between giving each other backrubs and tantric sex. TV is a euphemism for culture.