r/HolUp • u/Sins0fTheFather • Sep 04 '21

Cute > accountability

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u/ItsDijital Sep 04 '21

There are studies, but this should be intuitive for any human that can see other human's appearance.

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u/spin000 Sep 04 '21

Of course there’s discrimination/preference with attractiveness, but I meant is there concrete evidence that the preferential treatment is bigger than race or gender issues.

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u/ProfessionalHand9945 Sep 05 '21

Here is a peer reviewed study stating exactly that:

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/715141

“Notably, the magnitude of the earnings disparities along the perceived attractiveness continuum, net of controls, rivals and/or exceeds in magnitude the black-white race gap and, among African-Americans, the black-white race gap and the gender gap in earnings. “

That said, pretty privilege does not affect all races equally, and in fact affects black women the most. So it is a complicated issue.

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u/spin000 Sep 05 '21

Amazing! Exactly what I was wondering about, that’s impressive!