Research has shown that ugly people are often discriminated against -- in relationships, in jobs, in life itself. Now a professor is suggesting ugly people should get special protections (just like protections for race/gender/disabilities etc.) Guys, what do you think? Should ugly people get special rights? OR -- do you think appearance has ever worked for/against you or someone you dated?
Wise-Ass says:
Oh please. An ugly professor cooked up this BS to get a free meal at Sizzler.
Funny Guy says:
As a very, very good looking person, who has to deal with a handful of ugly people, I feel this is unfair. God gave me beauty so that I can use it as I see fit. I try to be nice about it - but I mean, I can't always be.
Ugly People, please don't grovel for government cheese or more tax breaks because your eyes are too close together and your teeth are mad busted. For thousands of years ugly people have gotten by just fine by simply being friendlier and more daring in bed.
Also, blame your parents; i'ts there fault not mine. They knew how ugly they were. They knew their baby wouldn't be a looker. And now I have to pick up the pieces becasue ugly peoples like to have sex? Heck no.
Chic Geek says:
Hang on, Amit. Uggos have rights too. Who will speak for the trolls, the creep-a-zoids, the Chunks from "Goonies"? We can't all be chiseled, handsome Adonises sculpted from God's top shelf magic clay. For too long, the Ron Jeremys and the Gary Buseys of the world have been persecuted, forced to hide underground like common mole people. Take, for example, The Phantom of the Opera. Should he be made to live forever in the sewers, a mask covering his hideous visage as he composes his music of the night on the electronic organ he somehow procured and dragged underneath the Paris opera house?
So I say rise, ye hideous mutants. Wear your eye patches and headgear in public. Wave your third arms with pride. No longer will you be forced to hide your imperfections. When this pro-ugly people legislation passes, the homely and the beautiful will walk the same streets, drink from the same water fountains, and perhaps some day fall in love.
Revolution!
-- This message has been provided by the People For a Less Attractive Tomorrow
Girls' BFF says:
Ugly people special rights might be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard of. Talk about your constant swift kick in the groin or ovary. It's bad enough that you have to deal with your own esteem issues presuming that most people might find you busted, but actual societal confirmation via special rights? Are we TRYING to increase suicides? Interesting enough, I think dating is one of the areas that blows this theory right to pot. An unattractive man with money and charm can still pull an attractive modelesque woman. We've seen it happen plenty of times. Some of the ugliest men have been seen cavorting with women we know could pull more attractive fellows. Money makes men look better to women. There is no such solution for women on that end though. Look, in life's lottery, a lot, if not the vast majority of us fall short in myriad ways. For some it's being ugly. For others it's being stupid. For some, believe it or not, it's being ridiculously attractive (a problem in and of itself). I've never had to deal with any of those issues being fairly medium on all counts. I just can't see how being a card carrying member of the Ugly Stick Alliance will help anybody.
Mystery Man says:
Special rights for what? Free plastic surgery? How do you judge, and what is the cut off point? A mildly asymmetric face as a cause for surgey, perhaps? The fact that the professor in question is hardly a Brad Pitt lookalike might have some bearing on his opinion. Plus, a professor of economics who teaches a unit called The Economics of Life? It's more liberal blame free claptrap.
Far better to train people to look for a good heart and competence.
Reformed Player says:
Uh, how do you tell the person getting protections about it? His heart is in the right place, but it doesn't seem to be something we can legislate against. Maybe we're better off teaching people to not be shallow.
Gal Pal says:
I think the real money is in Ugly Baby Insurance. You take out a policy and if your child comes out "unfortunate" looking, you hit the lottery. Beauty's in the eye of the money holder, no?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Signed,
A Supremely Ugly Dude.
How would one determine what the standard for ugly is?? Everyone has a different perspective. For example, i think that chick from the last transformers movie looks like a total clown, and that george clooney is an ugly mofo.
And while I'm swooning over jake gyllenhaal and ryan gosling, my mom can't stand looking at their faces. So what exactly IS ugly? I think it's rare for someone to be so ugly that no one is attracted to them... besides, i doubt anyone would willingly want to claim that they are ugly enough to get special services hahahaha
Haha If I'm not, I might be close though. Thankfully there are women who have beauty & the beast complexes.
Still, even I think it is a stupid beyond stupid idea!!
Well, then as an untalented and extemely stupid American I demand protection against my more gifted and intelligent peers. It's not fair that they get to succeed in life because they have something that I'll never have, like smarts and talent and whatnot. It's not fair. I should be guaranteed Bill Gates' wealth and people should rave about my talent as if I possessed the combined talent of Harry Connick Jr, Michael Buble and Eric Clapton. EEOC, get on that and make it happen... otherwise you're discriminating against me and you don't want that.
I can appreciate trying to level the playing field but how on earth could such a thing be objectively legislated and how could it be done without making people feel much worse about themselves and without further perpetuating lookism? Also, having read the article, I have to ask: What's with the literal pizza face graphic? Is that supposed to make me hungry for justice?
I've been told that I'm hot, hideous and everything in between. Most days I perceive myself as rather okay looking with some days where I'm looking a little more attractive or a little more plain or asymmetrical than others. While I'm sure if I would be treated a little differently initially if I were either way "better" or way "worse" looking than I am, I don't take that much stock in my appearance. I truly believe that people, the one's who matter anyway, will appreciate my intelligence and humor more than my ability to turn heads, even if that's just because I'm much more intelligent and humorous than I will ever be aesthetically pleasing.
It would suck then to be someone who's not attractive enough to be attractive, but not ugly enough to get ugly benefits. No special favours there!!
But honestly, being someone who is attractive, I don't think I really get special treatment because of how I look. Although sometimes, people assume that because I'm pretty, I'll be unintelligent, vain, or mean.
How do you judge "ugliness"? What is the criteria? How ugly do you have to be to get such protection, and who diagnoses this ugliness? What if you're on the threshold between average-looking and ugly? What if you're average looking and are disadvantaged by attractive people and ugly people who are given protection?
And what about attractive people? Can pretty women claim they are unable to get jobs in the professional field because people see them as bimbos/pieces of meat?
Yeah, this ain't happening anytime soon.
The protected classes are as they are because they were outwardly discriminated against at some point. Due to the subjective nature of facial beauty, I doubt that it can be discriminated against across the board. To find enough evidence to support the claim that someone thinks you're ugly feels like school yard semantics. On any given day I think I am ugly; if I feel this way and the employer does not, I would look pretty silly crying discrimination. There are so many protected classes that maybe we should all apply to jobs by social security number and interview without ever being seen - that way ugly, protected or otherwise only qualifications would be focused on. Gosh society, stop it with the absurd amount of political correctness.
In the defense of Erik (the Phantom of the Opera), he *did* engineer the inside of the opera house and make it his personal playground. So, yeah: ugly people can be kickass at other things that put pretty people to shame. Besides, a lot of pretty people get uglier as time wears on. Ugly people just cut through all the bullshit. Power to the uglies!