Hey NSTers,
This week, things got ugly…The boys and I debate whether there’s a such thing as an “ugly tax,” or social penalties for being unattractive. The more academic term for this is “lookism,” which is the discrimination against people for the way that they look. A bunch of data shows that less attractive people are discriminated against in myriad ways, So should they be part of a protected class of minority?
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To get to the bottom of this, I interviewed Thomas Spiegel, professor of philosophy at the Miyazaki International University in Tokyo, and Stephanie Fairyington, author of “Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter.”
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‘Til next time!
I’ve been using a three tiered scale for years
Actively ugly, normal, actively hot.
Actively ugly is so ugly you had to look twice
Actively hot is so hot you had to look twice.
Everyone is gonna agree that these people are undeniably hot and undeniably ugly.
Normal is everyone else.
The scale gives room for taste and preference because one person’s 4 is another person’s 8. That’s just a normal person. An active hottie is gonna be everyone’s 9/10, no questions.