http://www.bobsommers.com/we-like-beautiful-people-680.html Bob Sommers Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bobsommers.com/we-like-beautiful-people-680.html/comment-page-1#comment-2289 Matthew Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:01:06 +0000 http://www.bobsommers.com/?p=680#comment-2289 I'm not so sure beautiful people are "liked" more. Some, yes, but those people must also possess some of the other good qualities you mention. Beauty alone won't cut it, especially if a person is obviously trying too hard to be beautiful. Many people are intimidated by beauty, and most find vanity a major turnoff. I've noticed that beauty can also inspire envy, which often goes with an underlying dislike - unfair, though that response may be.I notice that when I see a very "beautiful" person (a model, actor, say), I must also see a sense of genuine humility as well or I'm likely to like them less, actually, than a less "beautiful" person who has inner beauty and likeability. I hasten to add, however, that efforts made toward looking good bespeak a person's level of self-care, and capacity for self-care is an essential part or likeability, as liking oneself enough to care for oneself is at the root of likeability. I’m not so sure beautiful people are “liked” more. Some, yes, but those people must also possess some of the other good qualities you mention. Beauty alone won’t cut it, especially if a person is obviously trying too hard to be beautiful. Many people are intimidated by beauty, and most find vanity a major turnoff. I’ve noticed that beauty can also inspire envy, which often goes with an underlying dislike – unfair, though that response may be.I notice that when I see a very “beautiful” person (a model, actor, say), I must also see a sense of genuine humility as well or I’m likely to like them less, actually, than a less “beautiful” person who has inner beauty and likeability. I hasten to add, however, that efforts made toward looking good bespeak a person’s level of self-care, and capacity for self-care is an essential part or likeability, as liking oneself enough to care for oneself is at the root of likeability.

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