Yeah. A friend and colleague of mine once commented that appearance is the basis of discrimination that is most tolerated in our society-- someone who is conventionally ugly may face more discrimination in terms of jobs, opportunities, promotions, etc. (let alone social things) than someone who is a person of color, or a minority religion, or queer, and yet there are no protections at all legally or even mostly by norms. And of course it goes beyond attractive/unattractive, but even just at that cut it has a huge effect and nobody seems to care.
I agree, btw, that this hits women much more than men. I wonder whether the US has this worse than the UK; I wonder if the UK's willingness to show less beautiful people on television makes a difference.
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Date: 2009-06-18 05:43 pm (UTC)I agree, btw, that this hits women much more than men. I wonder whether the US has this worse than the UK; I wonder if the UK's willingness to show less beautiful people on television makes a difference.