Pretty People Really Do Have It Better
Attractive people are more likely to be seen as competent and be hired for a job (Busetta, 2013). They are perceived as smarter and having more social grace (Kanasawa, 2010). They are perceived to have better personality qualities like trustworthiness (Dewolf 2014). They are perceived as kinder (Snyder, Tanke and Berscheid 1977). They are more pers... See more
Saeid Fard • The Greatest Privilege We Hardly Talk About: Beauty
We were lucky, I thought, dissociating, to even be able to indulge these awful priorities, to have the economic capital to be able to accrue more social capital via our looks. And then our looks, in some way, would help us guard and acquire economic capital—this was the
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Beauty may look like a route to get ahead for women, but, in fact, beauty is worth more in men’s hands than in women’s own.
Ashley Mears • Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
attractive things make people feel good, which in turn makes them think more creatively. How does that make something easier to use? Simple, by making it easier for people to find solutions to the problems they encounter.