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The two concepts are IMO not so easily separable - see the widespread finding of blacks in the US to be "unattractive". Attractiveness is, despite the loud grip
by potatolicious 12y ago
The two concepts are IMO not so easily separable - see the widespread finding of blacks in the US to be "unattractive". Attractiveness is, despite the loud griping of evo-psych proponents, largely cultural. Our perceptions of race, of gender roles, of etc etc, contribute greatly to attraction.
Discrimination in all its forms are often hard to disentangle.
- steveeq1 12y agoNot always. Short people, for example, are biased against in job interviews and most people don't care.
- potatolicious 12y agoThe short people thing IMO supports my argument. There's a lot of evolutionary psychology drivel about how we're genetically predisposed to disliking short people due to lack of fitness, etc etc. But a lot of the bias against short people is cultural in origin and hasn't always been the case. See the historically shifting attitudes towards fat people (from envy to disdain, as societies have industrialized). We're taught by our upbringing and our surroundings to be biased against certain features in certain contexts - whether that's skin color, height, gender, orientation, or anything else. Some of this is colored by racism, sexism, or any number of other -isms we suffer from.
- steveeq1 12y agoThe shortness-bias is fairly culturally-universal, actually. And your point does little to refute that no one makes a big deal about this particular bias. (Not that I'm saying they shouldn't).
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