Does being attractive make life easier?

This topic was created in the Miscellaneous forum by firesignsunite on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 and has 16 replies.

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@MeowScorpii
13 Years
Yes, and no. Just like in every aspect of life there can be advantages and disadvantages. It's not as if every attractive person considers themselves to be attractive- they may also have to deal with bad self image or low self esteem. While they may recognize that other people find them attractive insecurities can grow- and other people will assume their insecurities/ hardships are insignificant in comparison to other people's because of their good looks.

Most people say attractive females get more respect THIS is -not- always true. Often times women that are considered to be pretty by societies standards will not be taken seriously or be looked at like an object by some men, of course that can be over come by how she carries herself. Regardless that is a one negative aspect. There is a social stigma/stereotype that people with appealing looks are less intelligent or ditzy, this is something that's aggravating for attractive people- judgements are made on every single person on the planet, we ALL have to deal with them regardless of our appearance.

So, there are definitely benefits. There are also hardships. There are benefits and hardships for every unique trait or quality- psychical and mental. It all really comes down to self image in my opinion, what people go through effects them equally as much on the inside...looking attractive cannot protect a person from emotional hurt, and cannot always prevent them from growing as a person as long as they are humble.
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@aquasnoz
14 Years10,000+ Posts
Wynter's on to something.

1) You don't know if the attractive girl has more substance to her
2) Same can be said for the unattractive girl
3) Attraction is relative based on your own standards

So what would I do? Choose the more attractive one then go from there ROFL
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@aquasnoz
14 Years10,000+ Posts
Maybe they are working together? I mean who would have all the tools out ready to hand over to the unsuspecting guy? I mean am I the only one noticing it's a VAN!? Must be so many poor victims in there.
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@XXMR2NICEXX
14 Years1,000+ Posts
The natural instinct of humans is to associate outer beauty with inner beauty, good genes, good health, and fertility. It's sad, but, it's how our brains function on a subliminal level. People see an ugly person and assume that they are unhealthy, mean, and have bad genetics. I wish it wasn't like that.
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@Amandus
16 Years1,000+ PostsVirgo
Posted by Wynter
Here are 2 pictures of girls with flat tires. You only have time to help one girl. Which one would you pick?

A.

B.



I'd help woman A. She looks nice to talk to. Or I'm probably just a sucker for glasses.

Woman B would probably already have dudes helping her.
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@Wynter
14 Years10,000+ Posts
Posted by thebiggcarlos12345678910
its suks being attractive to be honest. you just get sooooo many stares and thats wats suks about it for me and it doesn't make life any easier ither. with me it's like i feel like a celebrity when i go out in public. with all the people looking at you, they might as well just ask for my autograph. but in a way it is good to be attractive cuz you have no problems getting dates or a boyfriend/girlfriend. yeah i say the ugly men seem to get ALLLLL the luck with women tho and sometimes makes me wish i was unattractive not because for the women, but so i won't be the center of attention everywhere i go.



Aww...poor johnny 😢

*pat pat*
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@aquapiscescusp
14 Years10,000+ Posts
I am not sure it does, it would obviously depend on the circumstance. People associate good looking with "dumb" or they assume if you've got the looks why should you get anything else? Jealousy and envy might plague the good looking peeps.