• Who should get the largest share of criticism society or individuals?

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  • Cursed_Fig@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Theory: a lot of uglieness is just lack of personal care and grooming, which is indicitive of mental unwellness, which can be a predictor for unhinged or antisocial behavior.

    “The difference between and ugly man and a handsome man is a haircut.”

    • when@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 days ago

      The problem with lookism is that it takes someone’s appearance as face value and judges based on it which is just prejudice. There’s more to a person than its appearance. Why would someone be mocked for its hair-loss, baldness or facial features?

      • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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        1 day ago

        Heuristics. You can’t get to know every single person you see, so you make some judgement calls based on the information you have access to, to determine if it’s someone you feel is safe and worth interacting with

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          15 hours ago

          Heuristics is a good device but it doesn’t work with lookism. For example - Baldness isn’t a conclusive evidence for a person to be considered unsafe or ill natured. We can’t determine everyone’s nature by just their looks. “Looks can be deceiving” is a good phrase.