Monday, August 15, 2011

Men from poor families tend to be uglier

How do you like that headline? Given the "all men are equal" gospel that guides the political Left, it is just about impossible to say it. It is terminally "incorrect". I might be just about the only person capable of making such a dastardly statement in public. It might hurt feelings!

Yet it seems to be true. There has just appeared in the academic literature a well-founded study which shows that.

So how have the media treated that finding? Read here if you want a laugh. They skate all around it and at no point make the blunt point that I have made.

And the scientists themselves did not repoort their findings bluntly either. All we got from them was some near incomprehensible waffle and speculation.

Yet the only statistically significant correlation in the reported data was between male facial symmetry (a major factor in attractiveness/ugliness) and coming from a poor background. And the correlation (-.44) was quite large as such correlations go. That was the one finding that they had to report.

I go into it all in more detail here.



4 comments:

A. Levy said...

"Men from poor families tend to be uglier..."

If that statement is connected to reality in some way, it might be because so-called "poor men" usually have a harder life which can show in ones physical appearence. Ever see the sun-baked and line-filled face of a hard-working farmer or cowboy who spend their days working in the fields? Their skin is a far cry from the smooth, pampered skin of say, a lawyer, pimp, or politician.

Anonymous said...

Also poorer diet leading to ill-health and disease will affect appearance. Men born into poor families may inherit more defects as a result.

sig said...

Misquote Alert: "that all men are equal"

This is a lie perpetuated by the Left. The true quote is "...that all men are created equal...." Yes, "created"...by God. And it means what it says that we are CREATED equal. But it in no way ensures us that we remain equal.

The hypocrites that are the Left purposely mis-quote (and sometimes even the true quote) to further their agenda. On one hand, they insist on equality as stated in the Declaration of Independence, yet when there is a dispute with a point of law--as directed by the United States Constitution--they are quick to throw it out.

You either must take the United States Constitution singularly, or you must take all of the founding documents collectively. You can't pick and choose.

Anonymous said...

The simple truth is that beauty begets opportunity. And opportunity can lead to a way out of poverty. Hence the "beauty" genes are removed from the gene pool of the poor.