What is Pretty Privilege?
“the societal advantages, often unearned, that benefit people who are perceived as pretty or considered beautiful”
– Janet Mock
Pretty Privilege and Queer Identity
https://www.allure.com/story/pretty-privilege
Pretty Privilege, TikTok, and the Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGm0iSwVIAY
Pretty Privilege and its Financial Benefit
Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful by Daniel Hamermesh
Producing Pretty Privilege in the Workplace
Aesthetic Labour by Chris Warhurst and Dennis Nickson
Black Female Discussion
Jorja Smith: Lost & Found, Colourism and “Pretty Privilege” | Apple Music
Pretty Privilege Research and Data
Science Behind “Sexy”:
Research into what makes someone sexy
Beautiful People as Healthier:
Researchers found that facial distinctiveness was linked to poor health
Beautiful People as More Intelligent:
General intelligence is positively linked to body symmetry
Beautiful People as More Persuasive:
Use their sex appeal to command attention and to get ahead
More effective communicators
Companies with Good-Looking Executives Have Higher Sales:
Economists found that firms with better-looking executives had higher revenues
“Most of us, regardless of our professed attitudes, prefer as customers to buy from better-looking salespeople, as jurors to listen to better-looking attorneys, as voters to be led by better-looking politicians, as students to learn from better-looking professors.” -Hamermesh
Beautiful People Have an Advantage in Politics:
Male and female political candidates who look better than their competitors are more successful.
Beautiful People are Perceived as More Like-able and Trustworthy:
Beauty boosted people’s perceptions of that subject’s competence
Attractive People Make Higher Salaries:
About $230,000 over a lifetime
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