Appearance discrimination

The times Ive seen this in my business were things that could be changed.  Wearing oddball piercings and dying your hair funky colors doesn't look good to pet owners.  I do know there are jobs out there that the "young and pretty/handsome" is where its at.

this is a good looks obsessed world. pretty and handsome is way too important. I know what is feels like to be judged by looks. to have it made clear that I am not good looking enough. how shallow to decide acceptance of another person for how they look. but people get away with it. I have no doubt that this a real discrimination, and goodness if someone is unattractrive and obese, they must really feel those arrows. to think how many potentionally nice people are being passed up and harassed just because they are not good looking enough.

When I worked in advertising, women applying for receptionist jobs who weren't model-calibre gorgeous didn't have a shot. I doubt, given what I know of that industry, that much has changed. Outside of that, most of us are somewhere on the scale of average to plain in looks. Too good-looking, or overtly ugly is likely to raise a comment and laughter or jealousy.

while being discriminated against for being "ugly" is a very real problem that should not be trivialized, the problem that pretty girls face is the fact that people don't take you seriously. they think "oh, she's pretty, so she must not be very smart". i think this form of discrimination should also be discussed and is just as important as people w/out socially accepted "good looks". pretty girls get ripped off when making purchases such as new cars and computers and coworkers regard the "good looking" as air-headed and silly, whether or not that's the case. i would like to read more studies about both sides of the fence... regardless, when it comes to looks, women are the most discriminated against-you're damned if you are, you're damned if you're not!

In fact it could be argued that Appearance discrimination is far more hurtful and destructive then Racism. As every single human is physically unique regardless of race, economic status, national origin, sex or in fact any other class protected by law. Would you rather be a victim of racism or appearance discrimination? A hurtful tirade or negative treatment due to ones individual features isolates you by yourself as 1 in 6 billion. There is no other person exactly like you to fall back with and have some solidarity. You are alone in your ugly lesser uniqueness. Whilst at least a black, white or Asian person racially abused in many ways can almost laugh at the idiocy of it and importantly has fellow members of his/her race who number in the millions with which to share the persecution. Ditto for sexism, in fact its proportionately easier again, 50% of the earth , over 3billion people can stand with you. A survey by Timur Kuran and Edward J.McCaffery of the University of Southern Cali... Read more

We're all guilty of this, even if we don't realize it. Juries are more likely to be sympathetic to attractive lawyers, and likewise teachers to attractive students. As winter_spirit said, it's abundant in youths, and, I think, especially with girls. While an intelligent, attractive male seems to be acceptable, many deem it impossible for an attractive female to have a brain. We can blame the media for instilling this.

Isn't is sad that people who don't meet certain standards of perfection in terms of beauty and physical appearance get mistreated because of something that is not under their control? Or is it sadder that some people are so presumptuous as to actually judge a person by their appearance? This type of discrimination is more abundant in youths, who exclude people from their cliques based on appearance, but it has more serious consequences, such as child abuse, being fired, not getting a job and social issues that can permanently scar a person (http://www.mylooks.com/default2.htm). It is wrong and sickening that a person's physical traits should be considered anything more than random with regard to personality and capability.

Whether we like it or not we all have our underlying prejudices and this one is the primary focal point. A persons appearance is a persons first impression and even I've been guilty of this.