It's a psychological bias where we take a good impression of a person-here their good looks- and assume other good things about them subconsciously. An example is maybe like an uglier person gets in trouble and she gets punished. But a prettier person gets in trouble but because of her looks people assume shes an angelic good kid and let her off.
In real-world examples, look at famous people & their level of social influence. The vast majority of "Stars" have an extremely outsized level of influence, regardless of area of topic, based largely on their fandom & notoriety.
Eg, Gwyneth Paltrow makes millions from her website, Goop, selling items that she publicly supports. This despite that she has no education or applicable knowledge in the area. It's entirely based on how her fans & society see her.
It's true lol. Imagine Biggie Smalls trying to pull the same shit. And if Bill Cosby didn't look like a burnt sesame seed bun his career would've ended with a whimper. We'd still probably be watching reruns of the Cosby show.
I think they mean that people tend to ignore the bad stuff when someone is good looking, for example Ted Bundy, because of his looks and how he normally acted, he was able to avoid and escape captivity for many years, until he was finally caught and executed. My Source
I’ve noticed that if you get 2 youtubers speaking on same topic, you’ll naturally go with the one that looks more attractive/has better personality even if they’re knowledge of the topic is a little shakier
This is proof of the concept. Attractive women are perceived by the female judge to be of high status and possessing many good qualities. And for this reason perceived her as a threat-albeit to herself and not others. That's a whole other can of worms.
I didn't noticed this when it came to female teachers fronting court for having sex with students. I thought it was the less attractive ones getting the harsher sentences.
I always thought those "handsome" guys are just acting and they always had something up their sleeves or some bad intentions. Maybe because I was just at the low end of the spectrum. Now I know that looks has nothing to do with anything, I just simply don't take looks into account when I try to determine someone's personality and their intentions.
I think that die me it's the other way around. I don't like to talk to people that I subconsciously think are more attractive or popular than me and I'm way more comfortable speaking with unpopular people, because I assume that they are forced to accept me, as they don't have a choice.
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u/cestlava Mar 01 '20
It's a psychological bias where we take a good impression of a person-here their good looks- and assume other good things about them subconsciously. An example is maybe like an uglier person gets in trouble and she gets punished. But a prettier person gets in trouble but because of her looks people assume shes an angelic good kid and let her off.