2. look·ism
ˈlo͝okˈizəm/
noun
1. construction of a standard for
beauty and attractiveness, and
judgments made about people on
the basis of how well or poorly they
meet the standard.
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3. “I felt like some sort of
monster, I never told anybody
how much I was being picked
on because I was embarrassed.
When I would take a bath at
night, that’s when I would
cry.”
Lizzie Velasquez Dubbed
“The Worlds Ugliest Woman”
4. Studies have shown that the level of
attractiveness of the defendant was a factor
in bail and fine amounts, with
attractive individuals receiving lower bail and
fine amounts.
(Bonds-Raacke & Raacke, 2007)
5. “Beauty may be only skin
deep, but the damages
associated with its absence
go much deeper.
Unattractive individuals
are less likely to be hired
and promoted, and are
assumed less likely to have
desirable traits, such as
goodness, kindness, and
honesty.” (Rhode, 2010)
6.
7. Three quarters of women consider
appearance important to their self
image and over a third rank it as the
most important factor.
9. An employer can discriminate against a
person based on appearance because there
are no federal laws and very few state laws
that prohibit an employer from making
decisions based solely on an employee's or
potential employee's height, weight or general
appearance. Some employees or potential
employees have attempted to sue their
employers by linking appearance
discrimination to other types of
discrimination, but records show that
employers have the law, or lack of law, on
their side.
(Farrell, 2007)
10.
11. More and more are
seeking procedures
upon graduating from
high school so that
they begin their
college years with a
fresh "look." No one
will know them in
their new
environment, so no
explanations are
required for their
altered looks. They
believe these back-to-
school surgical
procedures will give
them a leg up on social
success and improve
their self-esteem.
15. “The pain of those who have unbalanced
perceptions about their appearance, linked in
extreme cases to mental health conditions such as
anorexia and strongly negative views of their own
worth should weigh heavily with us when we
consider the importance of using education to
combat lookism. Anti-lookist education could
make a notable contribution to the functioning of
a healthy liberal democracy in which every
individual citizen is properly respected as the
possessors of a unique moral value”
(Davis , 2007).
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