Why do we live in such a superficial society that is unfair to unattractive people?

Question

But what if someone is in perfect shape, has good hygiene, white teeth, perfectly healthy, but has a facial shape that no woman likes? That has nothing to do with "healthiness" and everything to do with superficial preferences.

Answer 1

There couldn't be beautiful people unless there were "ugly" ones. If everyone was "beautiful" then no one could be "beautiful."

Answer 2

I have many types of answers:

Scientific answer:

It is instinctual -- there have been numerous studies done which suggest that human beings perceive the same face as perfect -- the simple matter of what is beauty? was answered as symmetry. Out of all the people involved in the study to answer that question a very high percentage chose the same features -- guess who has the "PERFECT" human face based upon this study -- the person who comes the closest to what the computer-generated model produced from the results was.................. Halley Berry.

Sociological answer:

Every culture values beauty over the opposite (what every you want to call it) -- however, every society has a different standard for what that beauty is. This explains why tribal communities think having rings in the lip, around their necks to stretch it to the maximum, etc. is beautiful -- it's just their definition.

My opinion:

Every one is not shallow and being beautiful is also a curse as much as a bonus, trust me! Some people can actually see your heart instead of what your soul is packaged in.

When you receive a letter -- you throw away the envelope and keep what's inside, right? It's the same with people -- our outward appearance is just an envelope.

We are a superficial culture because we are an "untrusting, busy and emotionally disconnected society". We are too busy to get to know people and we want to make a quick judgment about whether we can trust a person -- so if we aren't connected to our own spirit and can't feel the answer to that question we make snap decisions. We go with the images we are bombarded with.

That's why I love the Internet & written communication (people even make judgments from your voice --rolling my eyes) -- it doesn't really matter what I look like, because my appearance doesn't get in the way of what I am saying.... it's a good thing to just be yourself -- your words and thoughts are WHO you are -- your body is WHAT you are.

Answer 3

You can thank the entertainment industry and the fashion industry for this one. We've definitely spiralled down into a very superficial society that's obsessed with unattainable ideals of eternal youth and unfading beauty. Beautiful is never beautiful enough in those circles, and they are the people responsible for bombarding us with images of the thinner and thinner and the younger and younger.

Almost any movie or magazine is focussed on these ideals, probably because those lofty goals are so unreasonable. Since "average" is considered commonplace, they fill us up with images of hyper-attractive (what THEY consider attractive at least), hyper-thin, and always young people. And as a result, anyone who attains the stature of amazingly thin, beautiful and young is raised up on a pedestal. But do they stay? Never. There's always fresh meat to take the beautiful people's place once they're not-so-beautiful...and then they're back down with the rest of us.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...NEVER let someone else tell you what you should consider beautiful or ugly. I find round, plump women beautiful...so I'd be considered an insane rebel by the aforementioned beauty police. But do I let them think for me? Never. Don't let them do that to you either. Be an individual, and never a sheep that only follows the herd.

I find the "beautiful" people that the media shoves in our faces to be quite ugly, whereas I look at a woman that many others would call ugly and I find her to be beautiful. That's called independent thought. Exercise it. :)

Answer 4

Define unattractive first.
Superficial was created by advertising and television. How are people supposed to look? Skinny and pretty? I say hogwash. The reason that skinny and pretty is attractive is that TV and advertising tells us that's how we should look. I can almost guarantee with 99% certainty, if there were no TV and advertisements that everyone would be attractive. At least to someone. People are created differently, only God should be judging, and He thinks everyone is beautiful- he made you after all. I heard once that God doesn't make junk.

Answer 5

If someone is unattractive, it turns people down. So it is not superficial.

If you say the society favoring good-looking people, that is superficial.

Good-looking is not necessary attractive overall. Bad looking people can be charming and attractive.

There are certain things that you can make up for not having good-looks. You can be popular if you have the qualities inside of you.

Good looks gets you the attention and pouplarities for a short time. Your personalities and what you do, say will win you the popularities contest for life.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I think it's because society nowadays has given up on the morals and mores that made us strong, as a nation and as individuals.

Without them, we have become intensely focused on our own desires, with instant gratification as a primary motivator. We've lost our sense of community and of belonging. We've become arrogant and reckless, with more regard for entertainment than character.

Without character, we have become self-centered. Because we are self-centered, we became divided. Divided, we have become superficial.

Answer 8

Society has always valued superficiality because it's the answer to us regular people's 'dreams.' Look at the media to see how far it has gone. Unfortunately, that's the reality and it isn't fair.

Answer 9

Attractiveness & beauty are all a matter of perception.

Western society, especially, has an unhealthy obsession with beauty & perfection.

The way to change it is to not support it.

Answer 10

it's how you feel about yourself! you have to feel good about yourself be for anyone can tell you how you look.it's the inside that matters.looks is only skin deep.as i like to tell people what you see is what you get.because i love what I'm about to give you.& if you don't see me as i do it's your lost.everyone came out of the same hole.& they all stink.so no one is better then anyone.!!!!!!!