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Tumbulu

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9. This is true for me as well

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 05:32 PM

Dec 2013

I was always so embarrassed about how I looked, how I felt that I did not fit in and that anyone who payed any attention to my appearance must have been mentally ill.

I look at pictures of me when I was young and I am just shocked. And even at my current age it is dawning on me that I am not bad looking.

So, why do we feel so bad about our looks, when we are not at all bad looking?

There always were people who seemed to trade on their good looks and these people truly disgusted me, it seemed so unfair.....and dishonest.

But this is a subconscious thing, I think.

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It pays to be pretty, starting in high school, research says [View all] Redfairen Dec 2013 OP

Read something similar many years ago, but mostly re: getting hired over others Roland99 Dec 2013 #1

What's interesting is it isn't necessarily something exploited ... 1000words Dec 2013 #2

And how much money did they waste to learn the OBVIOUSE ? penndragon69 Dec 2013 #3

Do you think that "the beatiful people" think they are beautiful? JDPriestly Dec 2013 #6

This is true for me as well Tumbulu Dec 2013 #9

It is a matter of self-confidence. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #19

I was the same way, thought I was plain, but looking back I was above average. tridim Dec 2013 #10

Same here CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #11

Yes. And girls with strict religious upbringings were taught not to think highly of JDPriestly Dec 2013 #18

It got very weird abt. 1970 or so CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #22

do they mean in type of jobs most people have ? because wealthy corporate types are rarely JI7 Dec 2013 #4

But what makes someone pretty or good-looking? JDPriestly Dec 2013 #5

Pretty sure it's physical....we are superficial. bowens43 Dec 2013 #8

I think it is more than that. I think it is a matter in part of confidence JDPriestly Dec 2013 #21

US and maybe the world is obsessed with beauty Kingofalldems Dec 2013 #7

Yikes! 1000words Dec 2013 #13

Not news to anyone who group up in the less attractive group Marrah_G Dec 2013 #12

I had a sociology professor at Berkeley deurbano Dec 2013 #14

In other research it is now conclusively proven cosmicone Dec 2013 #15

And the research which concluded that most studies, regardless of how esoteric, have a 77% chance... LanternWaste Dec 2013 #16

It is also proven cosmicone Dec 2013 #20

Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" awards rocktivity Dec 2013 #17

I've seen worse ... CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #23

Hi Redfairen, pinto Dec 2013 #24