An Unfair Advantage?
If you think that attractive people have it easier then you are absolutely correct. Being attractive is an advantage that should not be taken lightly.
Research has proved that attractive people are perceived to be smarter, more successful, more dominant, more sociable, more trustworthy, more pleasant, and mentally more stable than less attractive people are.
It is said that a good-looking child gets more attention from his parents than his/her uglier siblings do. Scientists believe that parents unconsciously spend more time with their more attractive children because they are seen as better genetic material.
Teachers show preference to more attractive learners as they see them as more promising. Because they get more attention, they work a bit harder, and their work is graded a bit more lenient, they have a better chance of getting bursaries.
Attractive job applicants have a 30% higher callback rate for a second interview. Attractive employees are seen as more valuable as they are thought to project a more favorable image of the company. As such, they usually earn up to $5000 more P/A compared to their less attractive colleagues. So yes, it pays to be attractive.
When charged with a crime, an attractive accused is more likely to be perceived as not guilty. However, when found guilty of embezzlement, swindling, or fraud, attractive people are mostly punished more severely. Justice is not blind, merely biased.
But all in all, an outer appearance is but skin-deep and must perish at some stage while the inner beauty will prevail. If you are not attractive, do not despair for you are sure to have other assets to offset the unfair advantages of a pretty face.
A great day to all my friends (and everybody else) out there.
Comments (48)
Your question veers between attractive and superficial good looks. If you meet two women and Annie is lovely and Bella is not, yes, you would focus your attention on Annie. If she was nice with it, you would be fascinated so yes, she has a few seconds advantage over her friend. But if it is almost instantly obvious that she is vain and self-centered, while Bella is outgoing and amusing, anyone who continued to believe Annie was the better of the two has problems of their own.
Looks give you a 9 second headstart or handicap. 9 seconds isn't much. Yet marketing and advertising is increasingly trying to convince us that if we aren't young, slim, and lovely to look at, we are rubbish. SERIOUSLY?????
(The cupcakes don't hurt)
It's my ditziness and scatter-brained comments that make people
Maybe it's attractive to be ditzy??
This is the drawback of writing in a second language. I think I used the wrong word. In my mother's tongue attractive and handsome translates to the same word, hence the confusion on my behalf.
Don't confuse me any more.
Another English word i don't know. What on earth is ditzy?
Your new hair-style certainly brings out the cheekbones
Thanks for the compliments
Ditzy = silly, scatterbrained
Happy new year
Are you calling me a liar?
You know perfectly well how sensitive I am.
I demand satisfaction. I think 30 pound cannons over a distance of 5000 miles will be the only way to resolve this issue.
Jawellnofine! Now that is a word I did not hear for a very long time. Anyway, in retrospect, I think handsome would have served better in the blog. Too late for tears now.
I invite you to Malaysia and I'll bring you to the best curry there is!
You can always break your journey to Australia by stopping en route to Kuala Lumpur
Good to see you again. No sweat re the compliment; when you have it, you have it.
You offer sounds very attractive; enough so to forgive you but regrettably I have no plans to visit Oz at the present. My ex-wife is currently there, visiting my daughter and even the vastness f Australia still does not offer enough space for both of us at the same time. Right now I'm enjoying the freedom of my own country without her to spoil my view.
Btw, I'd be in Melbourne either end of this month or early next month.
Ni kidding here. This is serious business. If I never have to see her again it will still be too soon.
It sounds as if you need an armored vehichle when you meetup with your ex!
Any way, glad you are back my friend!
No my friend, armored vehicles are too slow. With her only distance will work. The further away she is, the better.
Now you know why the most successful con artists are attractive people. they are so easy to believe. We want to believe them against our better judgement.
I keep on coming back, hoping to be more 'regular' again but there is forever something cropping up to prevent me from blogging. Blogging is simple enough but attending to your blog is a different matter. I don't like to abandon my blogs prematurely.
Blame my parents
It is always good to see you. Hope you're having a good 2015.
I bet you got a lot of attention when you were a child.
I think real attractiveness is an inner thing!
Have a nice evening!
Indeed, it comes from inside but so often we are blinded by the exterior. The eyes are easy to please.
Yep time flies and yet it has no wings. Almost like my grandson who drives me crazy and he has no car yet.
Aww!.......
Your pepper going strong?
Been wondering about you. I did not see you last time I came around.
Hmm, I guess women mature like wine and men like cheese. Such pity that not all cheeses and wines mature well. I have seen a few bad apples in my life. Oh my! What do apples have in common with the price of eggs? And we were discussing cheese and wine.
No, I got cat. And parrot. Not dog.
See, now you've got me all
Got you aww! What?...
Jim's comment got me 'Awwwwwww......'