Have you noticed that the fashion industry is not the only ones
who favor "good looking" people? Think about it. How
often do you see ugly people on TV in general? Let us discuss.
Where are the Ugly people?: Next time you watch the news or a
television show, look at the people in that show. Now count the number of
people who look bad. For instance, Fox News hires a lot of former Miss
America's and its runner ups. All the women there are, well, really good
looking. Same with CNN and most of MSNBC. There are very few
non-skinny women, or ugly looking men for that matter. The only time they
have people who can be deemed unattractive on the payroll is if they are people
with pull like Al Sharpton on MSNBC (yea, he is not "attractive" and
maybe he never really was) or they fit some sort of stereotype. Same with
television. All the actors are good looking or attractive in some way.
The only time we get a person who goes against this is for a stereotype
yet again, like a nerd, or a hobo, and the like. Do you see what I am
getting at? The fashion industry is the mere tip of the iceberg with
respect to not being representative of the population and can potentially have
a negative psychological impact on people to look and perhaps act a certain way
so that they can feel attractive. So the fashion industry is not alone at
being at fault. Thankfully we have the Dove brand that looks to get real
people (or as close to reality as possible) into their commercials which serves
to allow people viewing their commercials to relate to the people in them and
thus perhaps become more likely to buy their products. However, the fact
that there are hardly any people who look bad in news and television also means
that ordinary people and ugly people with talent are being shafted as well.
Conclusion: I write this issue because it was
pointed out to me. And once it was I was like "wow, you're
right". This beautiful person favoritism can be contributing to our
culture favoring the physically beautiful who make up a small percentage of
society, and thus skewing our view of what a real human being looks like. Additionally,
people who are talented, but do not fit this supermodel archetype are ignored
unless they are so compelling that they are snapped up due to personality
(Glenn Beck? or Chris Farley?). You get the idea. So is this a
problem? Perhaps. Should it be corrected? We will have to see how
it plays out and see if anyone is willing to look into it a little deeper.
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