Comments on: In National Politics, Ugly Women Need Not Apply http://themoderatevoice.com/23972/in-national-politics-ugly-women-need-not-apply/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: adelinesdad http://themoderatevoice.com/23972/in-national-politics-ugly-women-need-not-apply/comment-page-1/#comment-162188 adelinesdad Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:50:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/women-issues/23972/in-national-politics-ugly-women-need-not-apply/#comment-162188 I think you're right, but I think perhaps it has more to do with biology than discrimination. In general, men are more visually oriented when it comes to how we view members of the opposite sex. Some of that might be due to some amount of subconscious sexism (ie. our culture still sees women somewhat as objects), but my understanding is that a lot of the reason for it is biological.<br><br>And the implication of that is that this same argument can be made in other areas of life as well, such as careers. Of course it's not fair, but true. We expect employers in our society to consciously overcome whatever bias their eyes might give them (although that standard is ignored in some cases--such as sales positions), but of course we can't enforce that same standard of voters. I think you're right, but I think perhaps it has more to do with biology than discrimination. In general, men are more visually oriented when it comes to how we view members of the opposite sex. Some of that might be due to some amount of subconscious sexism (ie. our culture still sees women somewhat as objects), but my understanding is that a lot of the reason for it is biological.

And the implication of that is that this same argument can be made in other areas of life as well, such as careers. Of course it's not fair, but true. We expect employers in our society to consciously overcome whatever bias their eyes might give them (although that standard is ignored in some cases–such as sales positions), but of course we can't enforce that same standard of voters.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/23972/in-national-politics-ugly-women-need-not-apply/comment-page-1/#comment-162110 DLS Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:16:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/women-issues/23972/in-national-politics-ugly-women-need-not-apply/#comment-162110 1. It's not as bad as it used to be. But I suspect there will be a double standard forever (because of the nature of things).<br><br>2. Sometimes it works the other way, as we see with appeals to libs and Dems and emotion routinely, but this year specifically with Obama, who is the Left's pretty boy in addition to being favored for other reasons and for saying all the right things. That's marketing for you! 1. It's not as bad as it used to be. But I suspect there will be a double standard forever (because of the nature of things).

2. Sometimes it works the other way, as we see with appeals to libs and Dems and emotion routinely, but this year specifically with Obama, who is the Left's pretty boy in addition to being favored for other reasons and for saying all the right things. That's marketing for you!

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