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Wed7pm  ·  4839 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ugly? You may have a case
It's not all easy for good-looking people, either, which is the ridiculous thing. My niece (21 and pretty) discovered while travelling through a foreign country that she was stared at by men wherever she and her mother went. They both felt very uncomfortable whenever they were in a public place.

Maybe there are things we can do about this sort of prejudice. Even if part of it is biological (e.g. maybe we subconsciously prefer features that indicate better health or something?), there's clearly a lot which is cultural, and that part is changeable.