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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Julia Baird: Being Dishonest About Ugliness

The point is rather that being sexually attracted to physically fit, demonstrably healthy individuals with high degrees of facial/body symmetry is not a moral failing.





oyster  ·  3183 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I get that is the point they were trying to make but it didn't really fit with the comment being responded too. That one was pretty clearly talking about the weakness or "foible" of over-emphasizing physical attractiveness which isn't something we are helpless to overcome. Dating an asshole or crazy person just because they are attractive is an awful idea yet people do it all the time. It's not a moral failing either, it's just very short-sighted.