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Lookism

Lookism is the prejudice or discrimination toward people who are considered to be physically unattractive, and can include basing one's judgment of another person's other qualities, such as intelligence and abilities, on a person's physical appearance. It occurs in a variety of settings, including dating, social environments, and workplaces. Lookism has…

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Lookism

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Edges63
Triples93
Avg. degree1.97
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related to In politics · 21
Lookism → Canada, Furthermore, Germany, Hooper, However, In, John, Kennedy, Kennedy's, Laura Shepherd, More, Rather, Richard Nixon, Scholar Charlotte Hooper, Similarly, There, This, United Kingdom, United States, US Presidential
related to Ethics · 14
Lookism → Cresap, In, Is Lookism Unjust, Louis Tietje, Nancy Etcoff, POV, Prettiest, Steven Cresap, Survival, The, Thus, Tietje, We, While
related to Empirical support · 11
Lookism → According, Angela Stalcup, Massachusetts General Hospital, Nancy Etcoff, Referring, Sometimes, Studies, The, These, Western, When
related to External links · 9
Lookism → ABC News, Beauty, Height, John Stossel, Looks, News, Part, Special, The Ugly Truth About
related to Related forms of prejudice · 9
Lookism → Eugenic, Historically, Important, In, Judging, Prejudice, Putative, Social Darwinist, White
related to United States · 8
Lookism → Americans, Disabilities Act, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, In, Otherwise, Today, United States, Until
related to Lexicology · 6
Lookism → Although, English, It, The, The Washington Post, There
is a · 2
Lookism → innate product of how the human visual system functions.Research by Dan Ariely found that American women exhibit a marked preference for dating taller men and that for shorter m…, prejudice or discrimination toward people who are considered to be physically unattractive
related to Fiction · 2
Lookism → DocumentaryLookism, Liking What You See

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physical appearance attractiveness discrimination men based attractive people found study social also may preference gender height research looks perceived dating

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Lookismis aprejudice or discrimination toward people who are considered to be physically unattractive0.90text
Lookismis ainnate product of how the human visual system functions.Research by Dan Ariely found that American women exhibit a marked preference for dating taller men and that for shorter m…0.90text
catsinstance ofThe preference also extends to non-human animals0.80text
Germanyinstance ofresearch in countries0.80text
Canadainstance ofresearch in countries0.80text
the United Statesinstance ofresearch in countries0.80text
and the United Kingdom has found that more attractive candidates benefit from their appearance by getting more votes in electionsinstance ofresearch in countries0.80text
and by being more often forgiven for scandalsinstance ofresearch in countries0.80text
classinstance ofgender intersects with other social divisions0.80text
raceinstance ofgender intersects with other social divisions0.80text
sexuality to produce complex hierarchies ofinstance ofgender intersects with other social divisions0.80text
intelligenceinstance ofand Social Darwinist movements espoused a pseudoscientific connection between phenotypical physical appearance and supposed heritable superiority in terms of social constructs0.80text

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