Friday, November 13, 2020

Lookism

Lookism is discriminatory treatment of people who are considered physically unattractive, mainly in the workplace but it is also practiced in dating and other social settings. - Wiki

@Aella_Girl - thread

Seinfeld covered this 23 years ago.

@primalpoly: Philosopher @FranciMinerva studies 'lookism' and has written a lot about our biases in favor of physical attractiveness: publications

see also The Financial Perks of Being Tall: An extra inch correlates with an estimated $800 in increased annual earnings.

и по-русски есть: что такое лукизм и как он влияет на оценку окружающих

ну и заодно хорошие слова Twitter-Bitter и dry heaves - познавательно

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