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 Affirmative Action for Ugly PeoplePosted on Sep 1, 2011
Research over the years has shown that attractive people tend to reap economic rewards, from higher salaries and more promotions to lower interest rates on mortgages. In fact, one study showed that a person in the ugliest one-seventh of the population, as assessed by random observers, earned 10 to 15 percent less per year than a comparable, good-looking worker. Economics professor Daniel Hamermesh argues in an Op-Ed in The New York Times that such disparate treatment of people based on their physical appearance is “a matter of simple prejudice,” and that maybe it’s time we granted “legal protections to the ugly, as we do with racial, ethnic and religious minorities, women and handicapped individuals.” —BF
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By simple truth, September 2, 2011 at 3:44 pm Link to this comment
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It should be noted, that there are many very wealthy,
Report thisand physically ugly people.
By politicky, September 2, 2011 at 12:26 pm Link to this comment
Sadly, so many of the people who look attractive on the outside
Report thisare horribly ugly on the inside.
By morristhewise, September 2, 2011 at 10:15 am Link to this comment
Applicants for a credit of being ugly could go in front of a committee of judges.
Report thisIt would be as simple as deciding who is mentally disabled.
By Inherit The Wind, September 1, 2011 at 8:34 pm Link to this comment
I don’t believe it: I offer in rebuttal:
Report thisMitch McConnell
Phil Gramm
Jesse Helms
Richard Cheney
Karl Rove
John Ashcroft
and
Rush Limbaugh.
By SoTexGuy, September 1, 2011 at 6:04 pm Link to this comment
Putting aside all synthetic thought on what is or is not ‘ugly’.. what’s the big deal?
If it were true that ‘ugly’ people could not get jobs, proper representation or even just a taxi a block off of Times Square.. wouldn’t this be an issue self corrected by natural selection? How could they feed themselves and reproduce? It’s clear that no matter how oppressed the author thinks these people are they
are thriving!
I think it’s all hokey.. people have the free right of association including even in some work environments. Does the author think everyone should have a shot at a Hooters girl job? or a Speedo suit ad slot?
The author himself seems to be the problem here.. identifying ‘lower order’ people that otherwise simply have issues to overcome just as was suggested do highly ‘attractive’ people… and everyone, for that matter.
I believe he is a closet eugenicist..
All in fun..
Report thisBy A Bird in the Hand, September 1, 2011 at 5:06 pm Link to this comment
I have something that you can ‘deal with’ Glider…
Report thisBy glider, September 1, 2011 at 4:04 pm Link to this comment
Hey, it is a harsh reality of nature that ugly people are going to be selected against regardless of whatever legislation our government would pass to ameliorate their condition. Deal with it.
Report thisBy gerard, September 1, 2011 at 3:55 pm Link to this comment
Pass a law that all job interviewers wear a solid band of black velvet completely covering their eyes.
Report thisBy kerryrose, September 1, 2011 at 3:39 pm Link to this comment
Maybe the truly ugly do not view themselves that way, and would be crushed if they were labeled ugly. Our ability to self-deceive is often a survival mechanism. If you limp, it’s hard to deny, if you’re ugly, it is easy to rationalize.
Also, women can be punished if they are attractive by both men and women. Men especially. Some men seem to project all their prejudices onto an attractive woman, projections of not being ‘good’ or ‘serious’ or ‘trustworthy.’ It is especially common in the workplace or school. I think attractive women feel that it is a dual edge sword.
Report thisBy prisnersdilema, September 1, 2011 at 12:23 pm Link to this comment
Welcome to the Monkey House… Kurt Vonnegut RIP…
Report thisBy SarcastiCanuck, September 1, 2011 at 12:20 pm Link to this comment
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Who gets to judge that these people are in the bottom 1/7th and part of the ugly class?Who gets to tell these poor people that they are ugly and doomed to this stature?Am I the only one who sees the absurdity not to mention the calousness in this?Fucking whacko superficial culture we live in now.
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