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Pretty Prerogatives

Public Sociology - Olivia Pena

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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

Pretty Privilege Podcast 

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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