6 ms·
Facial features linked to stereotypes and social class perception
- 082349872349872 3y agoLuckily we almost always have clothing available (even if not always colour coded) to dominate our stereotypical social class perception. > Alpha children wear grey. ... Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. — ALH
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- plibblr 3y agoHere's sort of a counter example though - clothes and makeup make a big difference: https://www.boredpanda.com/couples-nacho-rojo/ https://www.boredpanda.com/couples-nacho-rojo/
- sublinear 3y agoYeah my experience has been what we can change about ourselves has a much bigger impact than what we can't. Social proof is vastly more powerful than genetics. Of those, two are wildly underapprciated: skincare and in-group knowledge. Details matter a ton. It's the opening to American Psycho for crying out loud. These details cannot be produced in an afternoon. They take years if not a lifetime of commitment and are immediately apparent.
- bongripper 3y ago[dead]
- kimi 3y agoInteresting... but it does NOT say what those features are supposed to be. Or did I miss the PDF?
- r0b05 3y ago"The results reveal a unique constellation of facial features that underlie judgements of social class. Faces perceived as poor exhibited particular characteristics such as being wider, shorter, and flatter, with downturned mouths and darker, cooler complexions. Each of these facial features also made faces appear more incompetent, cold, or untrustworthy. In contrast, faces perceived as rich were narrower and longer with upturned mouths and lighter, warmer complexions – features which corresponded to those associated with perceptions of competence, warmth, and trustworthiness."
- SomeoneFromCA 3y agoBut there is a good historical reason for that. Facial features really are correlated with intelligence, and that correlates with status. It is not universal though, but a quite reliable predictor nonetheless.
- klyrs 3y ago> Facial features really are correlated with intelligence Do you have a citation for this claim? Because I spent a little effort looking, and the overwhelming majority of results were on the "perception of intelligence." The only study I found that touched your point refutes it: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/03/Face-brain-development-tightly-linked-study-finds.html https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/03/Face-brain-de...
- pessimizer 3y agoPhrenology is fully back in the mainstream now, except it's called "physiognomy" again.
- SomeoneFromCA 3y agoPhrenology is entirely different discipline than judging intelligince by looking at the faces; the latter has obvious correlation with developmental defects, such Down's syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome etc.
- klyrs 3y agoMotte: judging people's intelligence based on their skin color Bailey: judging people's intelligence based visible developmental defects
- refulgentis 3y agoLol (nonironically)
- 3y ago
- dash2 3y agoFrom introspection, one thing that makes someone look poorer is stress lines around the mouth and eyes. Kind of sad that should be so.
- nicup12345689 3y agoNutrition influences phenotype, snooze...Zz.z.z.z.z