This just in: Their study also showed that self-perceived physical beauty mattered more to peoples perception of their social status than qualities such as integrity and empathy. Many people ‘see the social world as fundamentally stratified not only on the basis of who has wealth, education, and occupational prestige, but also on the basis of who is beautiful and attractive,’ researchers Professor Margaret Neale and doctoral student Peter Belmi wrote. . . . The researchers also found that self-perceptions of attractiveness even affected how likely you are to give money to a social inequality cause, in this case. Those who were led to believe that they were attractive were less likely to donate.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:40:02 +0000
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