Its scientifically proven that pretty privilege exists. People in general treat good looking people better and assume they are more competent. Good looking people are less likely to be bullied or ridiculed. More likely to be getting higher paid jobs/ promotions. It seeps into every part of life and only an ugly person can see the depth of it.
A great example is seen from people who have had major glownups. Through weightloss or otherwise. The difference in treatment is night and day.
I should also note that some good-looking girls grow accustomed to getting whatever they want handed to them just because they’re hot. I knew one girl in high school who was a legit goddess. She was stunningly beautiful. However, in her 20s she made some poor choices with alcohol, drugs, smoking, and binge eating. By 25, she had gained ~40 lbs and looked below average. Because she always relied on her looks to have men do her bidding, she had never developed any professional or life skills and now ekes out a living doing wage slave jobs…in her mid-40s.
Look up Jeremy Meeks. Arrested multiple times. Convicted Felon. Not a guy you want dating your daughter. But because he’s a handsome fellow (his mug shots are everywhere) he got a modeling contract.
This happened to me too. Things I never even realized were unfair to me. Like people holding the door open for me. Or letting me go ahead of them in the grocery store line. Or even just a simple smile and thank you. Overweight people are treated like absolute shit by the whole fucking world.
I’m assuming this was a rhetorical question, but it’s actually a good one. Some people won’t trust good looking people, it can be very dependent on the scenario. Whereas, people deemed less attractive will probably garner the same amount of trust in every scenario.
This is definitely just my honest take and I expect no one to agree, but I don't trust good looking people too much. Too many stories about manipulation and betrayal and all that. Not just good looking people but also people who say all the right things to you and all the ones you'd like to hear. I tust messier (NOT physically lol) people who stutter and speak in their own unique way.
Let me be honest here and admit that people who are truly good at manipulating are aware of this. It’s common for me to share some character defects or appear authentic by being self deprecating, sometimes in an attempt to gain more favor or appear forthcoming and honest. I’m not trying to be manipulative necessarily but I’ve noticed that by trying to “out myself” and expose the negative traits that I have, often people become very trusting very quickly. It would be easy to then just manipulate them anyways, always keep a few secrets but give a few away to appear authentic and honest.
I used to be an addict/alcoholic and have worked hard to be a better person. But in my past life this was a very normal way to manipulate the people around me that was very effective.
This has been my recent discovery as well. Aa a neurodivergent I had a natural affinity towards people who veer off from normal social behaviour. I also find people who are too smooth and saying the right things are not opening up properly so I wait and watch for the trust to build.
There was an episode of American Dragon where they criticized this exact attitude. People overcompensating or discriminating against pretty people because they assume that they're the evil ones, in reality that's mostly individual.
There are many more factors than simply looks to determine that for me. It may help in some situations, but personally I don’t think it tips the scale much either way for me.
Well, yes good looking people do have an advantage when it comes to attracting other people. I have been both overweight and thin, and when I am thin without my double chin, I am considered attractive. People are nicer to me, especially men.
However, practically in life now I exist with a double chin I mean, if we’re talking about work, attractiveness level, doesn’t matter I guess unless you are a model. I think that being financially able to exist at the level you want to is important it’s less stressful. I’ve also been poor and then I’ve been middle class and middle class as much preferred to being poverty level poverty level life is super stressful.
I didn't notice it until I was married, my wife is very attractive, and she gets all kinds of free little stuff, like coffees, chocolates, etc. from her everyday interactions. She'll also get help easily, like she had a flat tire once and as she was trying to replace it, she had two cars stop to help. I'd say I'm average looking, and I've never had strangers give me anything for free, and I've always been on my own changing a spare tire. She says it's been like that all her life too.
Dude, that job you’re talking about? That well paying successful job? Yeah you have to work your ass off to get that if you’re average looking and almost impossible for the uglier amongst us. Pretty people? People bend over backwards to bask in their reflected glory. Spend a couple years in business. No they’re not necessarily fucking their way to the top, they’re just pretty. And occasionally really good at their job versus very good at being pretty. The ones that are both pretty and good at their jobs? Fucking unstoppable.
Seemingly women more than men, but that’s mostly because hiring decisions are made mostly by men. But yeah look at the panties being drowned over every picture from Luigi’s court appearances. He’s a murderer. But he’s pretty.
You make friends in school a lot easier which leads to better social skills and that is a huge domino.
People tend to think of good looking people as having good characteristics even if given no reason to believe it (I believe this is a known fact). This has a very direct impact in getting a job (the boss thinks you're smart), in getting away with doing bad things (people don't blame you as much / assume you're a good guy that did something bad / etc.), in social interactions (people like talking to you and assume the best), in getting a partner (more than just physical attraction, people are attracted to the characteristics they assume you have).
People generally want to please you. They answer messages faster, they might give you a better deal, they invite you to places.
I've never been particularly attractive, but I notice a lot of these things changing when I am in a phase where I look better or worse.
I mean I’m going to have to admit that for me, being good looking is playing life on easy mode. Even as a man, among other men, I feel that being charismatic and good looking I can nearly convince anyone of anything. If I didn’t struggle with drug addiction and alcoholism for years, it might have been even easier. I burned a lot of bridges in my twenties and thirties and missed or threw away a lot of opportunities basically just handed to me. but since putting those down I find that the sky really is the limit as far as ease in success. Pair this with a decent haircut and dressing nice and I can kind of do whatever I want.
I have to work maybe 15% as hard as my peers to achieve greater rewards and accolades in life. That is genuinely how it feels from my perspective. I would never admit this to anyone in my life outside of conversations with my wife, because it wouldn’t do us any favors, and I maintain an appearance of working incredibly hard.
Let me be clear though. I do work very hard. My life is not easy. But when I hold it up to others who are less good looking than I am, but work twice as hard, it seems I obviously have a pretty big advantage. I have to be pretty much an absolute dick to people or absolutely fuck it up to get them to not like me.
I’m sure luck plays a role in this, as well as other privileges, but I attribute much of it to my looks and charisma. I try to give back when I can to people I care about, and support the people in my life who care about me. I feel like it’s within my power to do so and if I don’t give it away I lose it anyways, but when I give it away it comes back 10x.
There is certainly a privilege you get for being attractive or at least decent-looking. That does include career opportunities and relationships, which are big parts of life. Plenty of people, including myself at certain jobs, have gotten chosen over others simply bc of being more attractive. I don't like the fact, but objectively, life is generally easier being more attractive.
Being good looking helps you get the good job / success / money. There have been plenty of studies on this.
From personal experience, being good looking and confident helped me get an interview for a job I wasn’t even looking for that led to my entire career. Yes I had to back it up with being able to talk to people, having good grades etc but being good looking opened the door. I can point to plenty of other job interviews over the years where I believe it helped too (one of many factors).
Having a well paid job and being successful isn’t in competition with being good looking, in fact, they are usually comorbid. Good looking people tend to appear more authoritative and knowledgeable than they really are and have more opportunities.
But, if you had to be good looking without success, your life still would be good because you’d be more likely to have all types of women after you, people that want to be your friend, and immediate respect you don’t have to earn first.
I'm of the opinion that we're doing all this extra stuff because we can't get away with getting things for free because we look good.
It depends on what you're looking for I guess. But it's kind of like friends. Good friends will come kick cans with you, while other friends will only come if you have food and something cool to do that they can't do for themselves.
As girls we call it pretty privilege. I definitely gotten a couple things for free for no reason except thinking that being the only one. Free food or extra sides added, car maintenance, obviously drinks at a bar that’s a no-brainer, people genuinely being nicer than turning around and being mean to someone else, getting out of speeding tickets. My last free service was last week which was patching my tire. I don’t know if he was just being nice because it isn’t that big of a deal but ay fuck it we ball
They are related. Feedback loops on feedback loops. Being good looking made me confident. Being confident made me nail my campus interview so I got my good job out of college. Just an example
I went from being over weight and kinda ugly to just average, and people do genuinely treat you so much better. I went from weird to funny without even changing my personality lol
Weird experience: Appearance changes how people perceive and treat you, for sure. Humans are wired that way (we’re animals, too.) In my home country, I hadn’t been considered very attractive, just average, but when I moved to another country it was an entirely different story. Who knows why exactly, I hadn’t expected it. It messes with your head sometimes…looks don’t really matter once you get older, though! Kindness and competence go much further in this life.
Being good looking gets you treated better and you end up being more financially well off. The rest of us struggle. For the not so good looking rich people they were either born into it or worked their ass off to earn it despite not having "the look"
Loads..when I look a certain way, people are so much nicer, I get free stuff, people smile more.. on rare days where I'm not fully put together, it can be slightly different. I know it may have to do with my own attitude and how I feel too but even if I behave exactly the same, the world looks better with a fresh blowout and a bright red lip !
Like so many things in life, attractiveness also has its downsides. There are advantages when it comes to being beautiful. At the same time, you get reduced to your looks, as if you couldn’t be anything else. You constantly hear things like, “Well, beauty is fleeting. One day… ha ha ha.” They’re just words, but even words can trigger something inside a person. Envy and jealousy are other factors. Not everyone who finds you attractive will like you. Many will hate you precisely because of it. Sexual harassment is an issue too. Some people touch you without consent or make comments as if they had a right to you … or to your body. It’s insane and bizarre. As a man, I’ve already found it difficult at times; I don’t even want to imagine what it’s like for women. Of course, there are situations where it’s quite useful, but not nearly as often as many people think. I’m grateful for my father’s strictness. Because of it, I always had to come home with good grades during my school years. My salary allows me to live a very comfortable life. If it were only about looks, I don’t know whether that would be such a good thing.
Depends on what type of good looking. Healthy and fit? Then you generally feel better, have more energy, less aches and pains and chances of disease or other problems that makes life unbearable.
It depends. I used wear my beautiful dress everyday, this helps me get good treated from others during my business. However, I am also a single living woman for many times, my boyfriend sometimes need to go to him business trip. Then someone track my house trying to unlock my door when I was single at home. So in one word, be beautiful during business to get more resources, and be low and simple during daily life for safe.
It's absolutely true. The same for being well dressed.
For example, I wear a suit in my day job and look snappy. People call me sir, and offer to let me take their place in a queue, hold doors open for me, offer me free upgrades etc.
At the weekend I'm a scruffy bastard in a hoody and baggy jeans and nobody does me any favours.
I find it utterly bizarre. I'm the same person, different clothes.
It helps for sure. But there are psychological downsides. You have to be careful of overinflated ego and try to avoid getting obsessed with your physical appearance.
it buys you a bit of charisma, which can be a huge boon if you know how to use it, but wont pay the bills / isnt big enough to meaningfully blame. unless youre like griffith tier hot but thats like blaming einstein for being smart. theres plenty of other ways to open doors.
i see a lot of ppl argue that being good looking makes you seem more trustworthy/etc but ngl i think a lot of that just comes down to knowing how to put yourself together. which happens to correlate with being good looking
There’s not a huge advantage to being attractive I don’t think. People are more attracted to you but that doesn’t pay the bills or put groceries in the fridge.
Look up Jeremy Meeks. Arrested multiple times. Convicted Felon. Not a guy you want dating your daughter. But because he’s a handsome fellow (his mug shots are everywhere) he got a modeling contract. You were saying…
No, looks change literally nothing that matters. Sure having dates or flirting yada yada is easier, but thats only important when you're like 20, life is so much more than that
What does it actually change that matters? It has no real impact on your career unless you’re an entertainer or a model. Most people work in operational or professional roles, excel definitely doesn’t care how attractive you are. Looks don’t give you better health, more money, or lasting success. They don’t guarantee a healthy relationship or a stable family. Real life is far greater than what appearance alone can provide
There's been studies here in Sweden that attractive girls are given higher grades than what they actually deserve so if they later take the univeristy entrance exam they do way worse than expected. And you can get into uni here without the entrance exam.
People are automatically nicer and kinder to you which means you aren't teased or bullied (like ugly people are) for your looks. And because of that you have improved mental health.
While it may not guarantee a successful or healthy relationship it does increase your chances of finding one because more people are attracted to you and willing to date you.
Physically attractive people make 15 percent more on average. This is based on multiple studies. It does give you more money. Money, especially in the US, gives you better health. Looks don't guarantee a healthy relationship, but it gives you more chances. Obviously, there are more important things, but saying it changes nothing that matters is unfortunately wrong.
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Its scientifically proven that pretty privilege exists. People in general treat good looking people better and assume they are more competent. Good looking people are less likely to be bullied or ridiculed. More likely to be getting higher paid jobs/ promotions. It seeps into every part of life and only an ugly person can see the depth of it.
A great example is seen from people who have had major glownups. Through weightloss or otherwise. The difference in treatment is night and day.
I should also note that some good-looking girls grow accustomed to getting whatever they want handed to them just because they’re hot. I knew one girl in high school who was a legit goddess. She was stunningly beautiful. However, in her 20s she made some poor choices with alcohol, drugs, smoking, and binge eating. By 25, she had gained ~40 lbs and looked below average. Because she always relied on her looks to have men do her bidding, she had never developed any professional or life skills and now ekes out a living doing wage slave jobs…in her mid-40s.
Try being ugly and see where it gets you. “Good looking privilege” is a real thing
Can confirm as a hideous dude.
Can confirm as another not good looking dude.
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So you have no experience with “pretty privilege”?
No, that's literally the point of being ugly. I've been teased and made fun of.
Big time.
I'm fairly confident that I get racially profiled less because of pretty privilege.
Look up Jeremy Meeks. Arrested multiple times. Convicted Felon. Not a guy you want dating your daughter. But because he’s a handsome fellow (his mug shots are everywhere) he got a modeling contract.
same here. it’s crazy to see the discrepancy in treatment.
bruh😅
It sounds goofy but I've literally seen it occur.
I lost weight, and people started to respect me. It's too important.
This happened to me too. Things I never even realized were unfair to me. Like people holding the door open for me. Or letting me go ahead of them in the grocery store line. Or even just a simple smile and thank you. Overweight people are treated like absolute shit by the whole fucking world.
Could it be that you have a different outlook or perspective on life ?
Would you be more likely to trust someone who is good looking or ugly?
I’m assuming this was a rhetorical question, but it’s actually a good one. Some people won’t trust good looking people, it can be very dependent on the scenario. Whereas, people deemed less attractive will probably garner the same amount of trust in every scenario.
This is definitely just my honest take and I expect no one to agree, but I don't trust good looking people too much. Too many stories about manipulation and betrayal and all that. Not just good looking people but also people who say all the right things to you and all the ones you'd like to hear. I tust messier (NOT physically lol) people who stutter and speak in their own unique way.
I’m just saying good looking people give off the impression of normal that people look for
Let me be honest here and admit that people who are truly good at manipulating are aware of this. It’s common for me to share some character defects or appear authentic by being self deprecating, sometimes in an attempt to gain more favor or appear forthcoming and honest. I’m not trying to be manipulative necessarily but I’ve noticed that by trying to “out myself” and expose the negative traits that I have, often people become very trusting very quickly. It would be easy to then just manipulate them anyways, always keep a few secrets but give a few away to appear authentic and honest.
I used to be an addict/alcoholic and have worked hard to be a better person. But in my past life this was a very normal way to manipulate the people around me that was very effective.
This has been my recent discovery as well. Aa a neurodivergent I had a natural affinity towards people who veer off from normal social behaviour. I also find people who are too smooth and saying the right things are not opening up properly so I wait and watch for the trust to build.
There was an episode of American Dragon where they criticized this exact attitude. People overcompensating or discriminating against pretty people because they assume that they're the evil ones, in reality that's mostly individual.
There are many more factors than simply looks to determine that for me. It may help in some situations, but personally I don’t think it tips the scale much either way for me.
Well, yes good looking people do have an advantage when it comes to attracting other people. I have been both overweight and thin, and when I am thin without my double chin, I am considered attractive. People are nicer to me, especially men. However, practically in life now I exist with a double chin I mean, if we’re talking about work, attractiveness level, doesn’t matter I guess unless you are a model. I think that being financially able to exist at the level you want to is important it’s less stressful. I’ve also been poor and then I’ve been middle class and middle class as much preferred to being poverty level poverty level life is super stressful.
Totally get what you mean! Looks can open doors, but it's stability and success that really build a fulfilling life!!
I didn't notice it until I was married, my wife is very attractive, and she gets all kinds of free little stuff, like coffees, chocolates, etc. from her everyday interactions. She'll also get help easily, like she had a flat tire once and as she was trying to replace it, she had two cars stop to help. I'd say I'm average looking, and I've never had strangers give me anything for free, and I've always been on my own changing a spare tire. She says it's been like that all her life too.
Well what you experienced is just being a dude in general
I guess thats true 🤣
lol I thought the same thing 😂😂
but being good looking gets them the well paid job and success.
Dude, that job you’re talking about? That well paying successful job? Yeah you have to work your ass off to get that if you’re average looking and almost impossible for the uglier amongst us. Pretty people? People bend over backwards to bask in their reflected glory. Spend a couple years in business. No they’re not necessarily fucking their way to the top, they’re just pretty. And occasionally really good at their job versus very good at being pretty. The ones that are both pretty and good at their jobs? Fucking unstoppable.
Seemingly women more than men, but that’s mostly because hiring decisions are made mostly by men. But yeah look at the panties being drowned over every picture from Luigi’s court appearances. He’s a murderer. But he’s pretty.
Exactly. Look at dental hygienists. The majority of them are young and pretty at damn near every dentist office I’ve ever been to.
If you're a tall good looking dude in my career field, the world is practically yours to own
A lot.
You make friends in school a lot easier which leads to better social skills and that is a huge domino.
People tend to think of good looking people as having good characteristics even if given no reason to believe it (I believe this is a known fact). This has a very direct impact in getting a job (the boss thinks you're smart), in getting away with doing bad things (people don't blame you as much / assume you're a good guy that did something bad / etc.), in social interactions (people like talking to you and assume the best), in getting a partner (more than just physical attraction, people are attracted to the characteristics they assume you have).
People generally want to please you. They answer messages faster, they might give you a better deal, they invite you to places.
I've never been particularly attractive, but I notice a lot of these things changing when I am in a phase where I look better or worse.
Statistics and studies show that attractive people have it a hell of a lot easier in life, socially and professionally.
Good looking people tend to be more wealthy and successful. When is the last time you saw a very attractive poor person?
I mean I’m going to have to admit that for me, being good looking is playing life on easy mode. Even as a man, among other men, I feel that being charismatic and good looking I can nearly convince anyone of anything. If I didn’t struggle with drug addiction and alcoholism for years, it might have been even easier. I burned a lot of bridges in my twenties and thirties and missed or threw away a lot of opportunities basically just handed to me. but since putting those down I find that the sky really is the limit as far as ease in success. Pair this with a decent haircut and dressing nice and I can kind of do whatever I want.
I have to work maybe 15% as hard as my peers to achieve greater rewards and accolades in life. That is genuinely how it feels from my perspective. I would never admit this to anyone in my life outside of conversations with my wife, because it wouldn’t do us any favors, and I maintain an appearance of working incredibly hard.
Let me be clear though. I do work very hard. My life is not easy. But when I hold it up to others who are less good looking than I am, but work twice as hard, it seems I obviously have a pretty big advantage. I have to be pretty much an absolute dick to people or absolutely fuck it up to get them to not like me.
I’m sure luck plays a role in this, as well as other privileges, but I attribute much of it to my looks and charisma. I try to give back when I can to people I care about, and support the people in my life who care about me. I feel like it’s within my power to do so and if I don’t give it away I lose it anyways, but when I give it away it comes back 10x.
A lot. The difference in how people treat me with vs without doing hair & makeup is astounding.
There is certainly a privilege you get for being attractive or at least decent-looking. That does include career opportunities and relationships, which are big parts of life. Plenty of people, including myself at certain jobs, have gotten chosen over others simply bc of being more attractive. I don't like the fact, but objectively, life is generally easier being more attractive.
Lol… going into an interview being good looking gives you +10 walking in the door.. the 2 things are not mutually exclusive!
Being good looking helps you get the good job / success / money. There have been plenty of studies on this.
From personal experience, being good looking and confident helped me get an interview for a job I wasn’t even looking for that led to my entire career. Yes I had to back it up with being able to talk to people, having good grades etc but being good looking opened the door. I can point to plenty of other job interviews over the years where I believe it helped too (one of many factors).
Day and night difference. At the very least, maintain to be average.
Having a well paid job and being successful isn’t in competition with being good looking, in fact, they are usually comorbid. Good looking people tend to appear more authoritative and knowledgeable than they really are and have more opportunities.
But, if you had to be good looking without success, your life still would be good because you’d be more likely to have all types of women after you, people that want to be your friend, and immediate respect you don’t have to earn first.
I'm of the opinion that we're doing all this extra stuff because we can't get away with getting things for free because we look good.
It depends on what you're looking for I guess. But it's kind of like friends. Good friends will come kick cans with you, while other friends will only come if you have food and something cool to do that they can't do for themselves.
Pretty sure it’s more than people think.
As girls we call it pretty privilege. I definitely gotten a couple things for free for no reason except thinking that being the only one. Free food or extra sides added, car maintenance, obviously drinks at a bar that’s a no-brainer, people genuinely being nicer than turning around and being mean to someone else, getting out of speeding tickets. My last free service was last week which was patching my tire. I don’t know if he was just being nice because it isn’t that big of a deal but ay fuck it we ball
A lot of times yes, more than we want to admit
They are related. Feedback loops on feedback loops. Being good looking made me confident. Being confident made me nail my campus interview so I got my good job out of college. Just an example
Why wouldn't it ?
It opens a lot of doors and above average height as in 6' + helps too.
I went from being over weight and kinda ugly to just average, and people do genuinely treat you so much better. I went from weird to funny without even changing my personality lol
Weird experience: Appearance changes how people perceive and treat you, for sure. Humans are wired that way (we’re animals, too.) In my home country, I hadn’t been considered very attractive, just average, but when I moved to another country it was an entirely different story. Who knows why exactly, I hadn’t expected it. It messes with your head sometimes…looks don’t really matter once you get older, though! Kindness and competence go much further in this life.
Being good looking gets you treated better and you end up being more financially well off. The rest of us struggle. For the not so good looking rich people they were either born into it or worked their ass off to earn it despite not having "the look"
Studies show that better looking people have better opportunities in their professions and personal life/marriage
For men? A lot. -For women? A hell of a lot.
Loads..when I look a certain way, people are so much nicer, I get free stuff, people smile more.. on rare days where I'm not fully put together, it can be slightly different. I know it may have to do with my own attitude and how I feel too but even if I behave exactly the same, the world looks better with a fresh blowout and a bright red lip !
It's the only reason Luigi is popular.
Tons, it's unimaginable. Being tall helps too
Like so many things in life, attractiveness also has its downsides. There are advantages when it comes to being beautiful. At the same time, you get reduced to your looks, as if you couldn’t be anything else. You constantly hear things like, “Well, beauty is fleeting. One day… ha ha ha.” They’re just words, but even words can trigger something inside a person. Envy and jealousy are other factors. Not everyone who finds you attractive will like you. Many will hate you precisely because of it. Sexual harassment is an issue too. Some people touch you without consent or make comments as if they had a right to you … or to your body. It’s insane and bizarre. As a man, I’ve already found it difficult at times; I don’t even want to imagine what it’s like for women. Of course, there are situations where it’s quite useful, but not nearly as often as many people think. I’m grateful for my father’s strictness. Because of it, I always had to come home with good grades during my school years. My salary allows me to live a very comfortable life. If it were only about looks, I don’t know whether that would be such a good thing.
It helps at the margins, but it’s definitely not a replacement for stability or money.
Uh, Jeremy Meeks entered the chat. Convicted and attractive felon. Now a model. Where all the ugly felons at? Not modeling making 💰
It's double edge.
Yes it can definitely.
Same time all there worth can be there looks and that ends up bad. Sometimes by us who bash anyone's success to just there looks.
Let's say it would've not have been a liability in my teens and twenties.
Hali effect is a thing, so yes
Helps a lot! It’s a get out of jail free card most of the time. People trust and believe you more easily
It is everything, sadly
Blessing and a curse
Depends on what type of good looking. Healthy and fit? Then you generally feel better, have more energy, less aches and pains and chances of disease or other problems that makes life unbearable.
Im not that good looking but sometimes it helps a lot
A whole lot more than people like to admit.
Plastic surgery is very prevalent in China for career reasons.
It depends. I used wear my beautiful dress everyday, this helps me get good treated from others during my business. However, I am also a single living woman for many times, my boyfriend sometimes need to go to him business trip. Then someone track my house trying to unlock my door when I was single at home. So in one word, be beautiful during business to get more resources, and be low and simple during daily life for safe.
A lot
It's absolutely true. The same for being well dressed.
For example, I wear a suit in my day job and look snappy. People call me sir, and offer to let me take their place in a queue, hold doors open for me, offer me free upgrades etc. At the weekend I'm a scruffy bastard in a hoody and baggy jeans and nobody does me any favours.
I find it utterly bizarre. I'm the same person, different clothes.
Seems like you didn’t care about the topic you introduced?
Pretty privilege is the last thing that feminists will acknowledge exists.
You never see an ugly woman drive a fancy car.
It helps for sure. But there are psychological downsides. You have to be careful of overinflated ego and try to avoid getting obsessed with your physical appearance.
It helps a lot with sex
24F. I've never paid for drugs. I've chipped in for parties and stuff, but yeah, never paid for my own weed. So at least that is concerned, pretty far
It’s also a curse.
Ppl think they are owed things from you because you are good looking.
Ppl make assumptions about your life without asking.
Ppl objectify you more than not.
So you might be treated kinder, but less like an actual human.
it buys you a bit of charisma, which can be a huge boon if you know how to use it, but wont pay the bills / isnt big enough to meaningfully blame. unless youre like griffith tier hot but thats like blaming einstein for being smart. theres plenty of other ways to open doors.
i see a lot of ppl argue that being good looking makes you seem more trustworthy/etc but ngl i think a lot of that just comes down to knowing how to put yourself together. which happens to correlate with being good looking
There’s not a huge advantage to being attractive I don’t think. People are more attracted to you but that doesn’t pay the bills or put groceries in the fridge.
Look up Jeremy Meeks. Arrested multiple times. Convicted Felon. Not a guy you want dating your daughter. But because he’s a handsome fellow (his mug shots are everywhere) he got a modeling contract. You were saying…
No, looks change literally nothing that matters. Sure having dates or flirting yada yada is easier, but thats only important when you're like 20, life is so much more than that
Bro what? It changes more than just dating. Talk about being privileged.
Exactly. If you’re ugly and tell a girl she’s hot you’re sexually harassing her, but if you’re good looking you’re smashing.
Not automatically but your chances aren't being brought down if you’re good looking.
What does it actually change that matters? It has no real impact on your career unless you’re an entertainer or a model. Most people work in operational or professional roles, excel definitely doesn’t care how attractive you are. Looks don’t give you better health, more money, or lasting success. They don’t guarantee a healthy relationship or a stable family. Real life is far greater than what appearance alone can provide
There's been studies here in Sweden that attractive girls are given higher grades than what they actually deserve so if they later take the univeristy entrance exam they do way worse than expected. And you can get into uni here without the entrance exam.
People are automatically nicer and kinder to you which means you aren't teased or bullied (like ugly people are) for your looks. And because of that you have improved mental health.
While it may not guarantee a successful or healthy relationship it does increase your chances of finding one because more people are attracted to you and willing to date you.
Physically attractive people make 15 percent more on average. This is based on multiple studies. It does give you more money. Money, especially in the US, gives you better health. Looks don't guarantee a healthy relationship, but it gives you more chances. Obviously, there are more important things, but saying it changes nothing that matters is unfortunately wrong.