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Study: Women Let Handsome Men Off Easier
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yep. This really needed a study?
Messofanego
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There have been studies for a long time that have shown good looks would lessen criminal charges. The picture is given with a certain passage. Attractive people get easier sentences. Somewhat down to the jurors, whether they're more emotional or more rational and the severity of the case.
I remember some of the batshit crazy defense forcing there was for Ted Bundy from when I was a kid. "It was porn! Porn made him do it! He was set up! He's too handsome!"
This was a guy who crept into sorority houses and slaughtered young women.
Messofanego
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These studies help make it obvious! If they weren't done, wouldn't be obvious since our reasoning most lilkely is based on previous events/experiences.
They're both considered attractive, though.
they are good looking!
FantasticMrFoxdie
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SHOCKING NEWS
lmfao
Imagining Luis Guzman in this scene.
Thanks for that mental image.
Remember-women love this scene:
But if it was Clint Howard or Luis Guzman holding this stereo outside your house, someone's calling the cops.
lmfao
Imagining Luis Guzman in this scene.
Thanks for that mental image.
Yes, with a professional photographer and make-up artist and tailor, less attractive people can be made to look attractive. Kind of my point.
The dude certainly isn't traditionally attractive by any means. Though, he's not ugly certainly.
I suppose a better example would be Steve Buscemi.
well i laughed
excelsiorlef
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Funny story Willem DaFoe is actually Brad Pitt.
excelsiorlef
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Yes, with a professional photographer and make-up artist and tailor, less attractive people can be made to look attractive. Kind of my point.
The dude certainly isn't traditionally attractive by any means. Though, he's not ugly certainly.
I suppose a better example would be Steve Buscemi.
I also find Steve Buscemi attractive.
But it's their personalities and energy that attracts me
liliththepale
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Yeah, I find Willem attractive even though he's odd looking to a lot of people. And I'm one of the people who doesn't find Bendyman Cucumber attractive (sorry, Fiction). There are a lot of good looking people who don't fit the traditionally attractive mold.
It really is interesting, I wonder how much of this stuff I absorb and catalogue subconsciously. I always say that I don't really know when a girl finds me attractive or not, but maybe on some level I do? Like that interaction I described and other little things I do and people do with me are probably a pretty clear message as to what sort of relationship and what sorts of thoughts we have about each other. Maybe some people are better at parsing and acting on this information than others.
I imagine people who are really good at reading these subtle social interactions are actually really... I guess the word is empowered, in their day to day lives. Maybe that's an aspect of charisma. Being able to read the room, so to speak.
Not to mention how much effort is put into investigating crimes against attractive people, particularly young attractive women (and white mostly.)
Every "Crime TV" show has a million episodes with cops claiming they dedicated their career to finding the killer of a pretty white girl. They seem to have endless resources available for said investigations.
LookAtMeGo
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I wonder how differently this study would turn out if all the less attractive people in the study were visably more wealthy than the attractive people.
Jason's Ultimatum
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To be honest with you, id rather have a woman with an average or below average face, but have a perfect, fit body then a woman with an amazing face and no body.
Ivan Amiibo
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yep, life isn't fair.
liliththepale
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timetokill
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That's from an SNL video with Tom Brady. Surprised it hasn't been posted yet.
edit: here it is: Sexual Harassment and You
Have you read the book 59 Seconds by Richard Wiseman? He discusses these things in the guise of a 'self-help' book. It's really a book about social science and the way our brains work in sometimes contradictory ways.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307474860/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Ivan Amiibo
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relationship advice for specific social situations is not something that can be crowd-sourced very well.
blame space
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I wonder what it's like to be a hot person
Bam Bam Baklava
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In one thread they're saying "looks don't matter, personality is 100%" and in the next they're saying "duh of course looks matter."
Come on everybody, just pick one and stick with it.
HarryKS
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Nose Master
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Can we stop doing studies on common sense?
Well duh, but getting the point proven with science is way better.
excelsiorlef
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Except did behaviors really change? I don't think this study proves that.
All men got to borrow a pen basically no men got to take photos
Depending on how attractive the other person is (to you) and on your mood (sexual thoughts) the creepy behavior might even not register as creepy, at least not at the moment.
But I think if an attractive person creeps on you suddenly before you had time to lust for them, the creepy behavior will be noticed first.
Poimandres
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People say attractive people get handed life on a silver platter, but of course there would be some downsides and complications that would arise from being ridiculously attractive (not that I would know personally!)
I also think that there's more to social profiling than simply being attractive. I have a friendly face, and there's benefits that come with that. I'm pretty average in the looks department, but my facial features mean I can get away with jokes etc that a menacing, villainous looking guy wouldn't be able to.
I also think that there's more to social profiling than simply being attractive. I have a friendly face, and there's benefits that come with that. I'm pretty average in the looks department, but my facial features mean I can get away with jokes etc that a menacing, villainous looking guy wouldn't be able to.
Ivan A Nguyen
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The real take away from this is don't be ugly and break social norms. Women are much more tollerent of men's personality as long as they are not being weird. Once ugly guys start getting weird they suffer a double negative of being judged by appearance and social graces. Handsome men are not doubly judged because they look ok.
Here's another headline. Nice guys don't finish last.
Here's another headline. Nice guys don't finish last.
blame space
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what kind of jokes does your face let you get away with? Like, race stuff?
timetokill
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I don't think I'm particularly attractive, but I must come off as at least approachable because I get asked for directions by female tourists like constantly.
All else being equal it is certainly better being attractive than unattractive but there is no guarantee of happiness or contentment for anyone.
And not all very attractive looking people will be/want to be a model or whatever. So unless your job rest solely on looking good then you have to work for your career like everyone else.
I haven't but I think I might now for my monthly non-fiction reading~
While this is unsurprising, I agree with Fiction on the fact they only used pictures and "scenarios".
I've met a couple of attractive guys who are creeps, and its been attitude, actions and body language which tipped me off/creeped me out.
I think this study would be interesting if applied to how the populace sees celebrities which break the law; functioning only on on pictures and told stories.
I've met a couple of attractive guys who are creeps, and its been attitude, actions and body language which tipped me off/creeped me out.
I think this study would be interesting if applied to how the populace sees celebrities which break the law; functioning only on on pictures and told stories.
HarryKS
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Here's another bit of common knowledge:
Genuinely good looking people ( without artifice--surgery, botox, or other forms of cosmetic enhancements) are also healthier and smarter. They are well made.
Some people don't want to see it for what it is. There is the best, then there is the rest. No equality.
In the workplace, yes. And being very straightforward. You can talk about a woman's assets directly and there will be smiles and giggles.
Genuinely good looking people ( without artifice--surgery, botox, or other forms of cosmetic enhancements) are also healthier and smarter. They are well made.
Some people don't want to see it for what it is. There is the best, then there is the rest. No equality.
In the workplace, yes. And being very straightforward. You can talk about a woman's assets directly and there will be smiles and giggles.
I think this study may point to the fact that the same mannerisms and actions in a dude who isn't attractive would probably be "more creepy" than in an attractive dude.
An attractive dude has to be more socially abnormal than an unattractive dude before he's considered in the "creep" category.
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