Unfortunately it does, sometimes. I'm not pretty, and a lot of times a new year starts with me being treated like crap by people I don't know, and it dies over time. Either they get bored or they get to know me and look past my plain face and out of shape body.

At my dad's work, they fired a lot of people from other departments. He said that it was a man doing the firing, and mostly men and less attractive women who were fired. Sounds like someone's a little biased.

Sure, looks determine a lot about how people view us. But don't forget, part of that is body language too. An average-looking girl who seems confident and polite is always better off than a rude beautiful girl with no self-esteem.

I know the feeling. I know a lot of girls would love to have big breasts. I promise, it's not all it's made out to be. I usually wear sportsbras to make my chest smaller. >.< I'm a jeans and T-shirts kinda girl, and that helps quite a bit. As does the bf, who likes me crazy brain and all. :D

I have noticed stuff like that happen before too. I think that pretty girls and people who are not as fat have an easier time getting hired. I think that it can be especially hard for bigger people to get hired, and that's really sad. Maybe it's because the employer thinks that if a person is fat, they won't be able to get as much done, or customers might not want to work with them as much.

I've noticed that. I have flab, but I'm not overweight, so I haven't really experienced it myself, but some of my friends who are larger get treated badly. One girl I knew...she called someone planet face, so everyone called her the sun for a few days...mean, but amusing, seeing as how she was extremely rude and threated to kill someone with a cheese grater. :roll:

Lol a cheese grater. Wow it seems like this girl has issues. Plus, if you are going to verbally insult someone, planet face is an odd use of words. X3 Anyway, now im getting off topic....but hey. It's going to happen once in a while. ^^

Sadly, how attractive you are is how you are treated. When we walk down the street and someone who is obese we start to move to the side to let them pass, or if we are in a store and someone more attractive walks in and asks for help, people will immediately go to that person even if you are there before them and have asked for help. Our world leaders, with some exceptions, have been chosen on their looks. Dont agree with me? Look at all the leaders. They could be considered attractive if not good looking. Even though we try not to we base our opinions on how people look. If anyone says "No I never do that" then they are lying. Ask your self. Have you ever had a crush on the dorky person who is over weight, has an acne problem, a homely face, and where's dorky glasses? No we usually fall for the attractive guy even if the other guy is a gentleman and is very nice. We might look at Guy 1 as a friend but never as a love interest. Our society is based on how we look and will forever be no matter if we know that judging a book by its cover is bad we still do it.

Absolutely. Was there ever a doubt about that?

You can be brilliant, talented, smart and charming, but when it comes down to it, you can only get so far without projecting the right image, and much of that image is based around what you look like. People are shallow and self-absorbed, and they don't like talking to people that they think are below them. So when it comes to mingling with the successful, they believe a successful person comes fully equipped with good looks and a marketable life. Anything other, suggests that there's some facet of one's life in which they're a failure.

a lot of things in life are affected by the way you look. the only way my looks affect me in life is being self contentious, i feel so ugly that i don't like to do things at least for very long.

there are some actors/actresses that are not exactly pretty but are very successful in life, also there are some very pretty actors/actresses that don't do as well in life.

so i guess it just depends.

I think it inevitably effects your life.

Everyone, without meaning to, befriends prettier people more easily. I don't mean drop-dead-gorgeous, but simply prettier than most or average-pretty.
Also, some flaws might make people uncomfortable - like a lazy eye or a really big nose. Because people feel uncomfortable, they'd rather talk to someone who's simple and not flawed. It is more than anything about feeling comfortable. That's why people who smile a lot (bonus points if they have a pretty smile) get more attention, for example. People just feel comfortable around them.
In professional life it effects you too; much more so if you're in corporate business - you need to be noticed, in a good way. Promotions happen only if you are noticed. You can be noticed for your good work, yes, but when a few people work the same amount and have the same productivity, just having caught the eye of the boss gets you promoted, basically.

It should not effect our lives, I don't think so. But it does. I'm an average-looking person and my sister's really pretty - so I've seen first-hand how it happens. While I get attention for my good grades and artistic talent etc - she gets attention for nothing, basically. Her only hobby is 'hanging out' and yet she has so many friends, and is so happy. I don't think she would be this happy if she was not pretty. I most certainly wouldn't be.

We must not forget though; pretty/beautiful doesn't - SHOULDN'T - mean anorexic with DDs. It's more than anything about the shape of the face, I think. And smiling a lot, and a general attitude about life. Take Paris Hilton for example - she has a truly ugly face. And yet so, so many men desire her - why? Well, she's always partying and having fun and dressing up. It's not just your body or face that makes you pretty - it's you. It might not seem so, prettiness might seem shallow - but I've found that in most cases it's not. I know a lot of really, really pretty girls who hadn't been asked out not once through high school while some not-so-pretty people with a more forward attitude got hoards of guys asking them out every week.


So anyway; what I mean is, beauty does matter, inevitably, but the body you're born with doesn't predetermine your life for you.
If you are truly talented, nothing will matter. Socrates was ugly, a lot of popular actors/actresses, like Light Kazeko said, are not pretty. The things I said in this post go mostly for average people; people without exceptional talent or luck.


I know this post is long, sorry, but in the Topic Review I also saw something else I want to comment on;

It is very, very true about the interviews and the people you see on the street. In interviews you leave a better impression if you look good. More than anything, because it's hard to know people in an hour or however long the interview is. If they list their qualities, they'll seem too arrogant, probably. If they don't, how will the employer know? So looks are a big part of the impression you leave.
And if you do see an obese person on the street, yeah you would move to the side. And if a really pretty woman dropped her purse, you would certainly go to her side to help her. Etc etc...

I think that in the commercial businesses yeah, pretty people can get further easier, but it does still take some degree o talent. I mean just look at almost all of the female singers nowadays! They are all beautiful little twigs that can barely sing, and yet at 21 they have already made more money than most will make in their entire lives.

Almost everything affects people's lives, including beauty. When people get compliments, it makes them feel good. So if someone had people coming up to them every day saying "you're so beautiful" that would probably raise their self esteem. Raising their self esteem can help them feel confident in not just their looks, but their abilities, etc. Also, it's hard not to think more highly(or lowly in some cases) of beautiful people. I'm sure everyone does it to a certain extent.

Sadly...in the work force it might.

I don't want to offend anyone! keep that in mind. But if two people with the exact same, grades, degree, background came into an office for an interview, and one person (we'll just say female) was tall, thin, blonde hair, low cut shirt...short skirt, etc...and then an over weight women, who was badly dressed etc...

Who do you think would get the job?

Clearly the pretty woman would get the job, and it really sucks that people are like that. :(

Plus on top of all this, there is so much pressure in the media and advertisements to be pretty, thin, or handsome...our way of thinking is so corrupt...we think that being annorexic and freakishly thin is beautiful, when there are so many different levels of beauty, and sadly, not many people actually realize that...

In as far as getting a good job, unfortunately looks do matter. That's why when you go for an interview, you dress nicely and make sure your hair and makeup (for the ladies) is just right. It's not fair or right but, males especially will be more likely to hire a person who they think looks good over a person who is just average or "ugly"(is anyone really ugly?).

Honestly, I really think that beauty isn't really important. Have you ever heard of the saying, "What is beauty if the brains is empty". Well, now with my point. Not just beauty, you also need guts, intelligence, determination, attitude and perhaps a bit of charm now and then to succeed. That's what I believe!!

That really depends on your profession. Beauty definately does affect you. Beauty sells, but only in commercial movies, or other things. Promotion, if you will. If your in that proffession you basically but a bank full of money or are a starving artist. But if you have beauty and your in a buig company, no one will trust you and no one will take you seriously. Beauty prevents others from seeing who you truly are and prevents others from seeing your mind and your view. If you are not beautiful people will take you much more seriously, and will appreciate you more for your brain instead of your....face.