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Thursday, March 31, 2011
News 'Beauty is the Promise of Happiness'
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:58 AM
I doubt the fugly people need us to tell them this, but here goes ...
From The Daily Beast:
If self-conscious young women didn't have enough to worry about, here's an awful new stereotype to add to the mix: Ugly people are sad. Not innately, of course—but over time, the curse of unattractiveness will affect them in so many ways that it's actually quantifiable. Ugly people make less money. They have trouble finding a mate. And in a culture that places insurmountable pressure on appearance, they don't feel as good about themselves when they walk down the street.These are the findings of a new report out of the University of Texas at Austin, called "Beauty Is the Promise of Happiness". Compiling data from more than 25,000 people surveyed across four countries, economists Daniel Hamermesh and Jason Abrevaya compared respondents' happiness levels with how attractive they were (as judged by interviewers). Their finding? Those ranked in the top 15 percent of hotness were 10 percent happier than those ranked in the bottom tier of good looks. (In other words, not all ugly people are sad, but pretty people are statistically happier than their less attractive counterparts.) "Personal beauty raises happiness," says Hamermesh simply. "I know it's not terribly surprising, but what's neat is that nobody's ever documented this."
Read the rest of this article, by Jessica Bennett, here.
Yeah, "neat." WTF? Dude, your study is telling us that if we're not hot we're not happy? Fuck you and your "neat" revelations.
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