In the midst of white privilege, racism and all thing inclusion, there's a conflict that has been widely ignored.

It is no secret that pretty privilege exists but since it is so deeply rooted inside of us that it manifests unconsciously.

Society favors attractive individuals without knowing why.

Additionally, the same preferential treatment is seen towards wealthy individuals, even by those who may hold prejudiced views towards their same racial group's less affluent members.

It's worth noting that there is more division by status than by race, which is a topic for another day.

Pretty privilege goes undetected by the majority of people, but why?

There's various studies corroborating the influence of attractiveness at the workplace: People are more likely to hire you, help you, socialise and promote you more than your less attractive peers.

Employers predicted them to be more successful on the role they're hired for.

Both men and women benefit from this unconscious bias and have a crucial role from political elections to gaining tips waiting tables.

That leaves me the question:

"Since attractive people are treated better, trusted morel, and receive more professional and social support, does this make it easier to appear friendlier than their less attractive peers?"

Do attractively oppressed groups have it more difficult to have the same trust to perform a job and being socially accepted, thus leading these negative interactions for them to grow bitter, becoming a self-fulfilling loop?

I believe attractive people have it easier to be friendlier, and less attractive people have it more difficult.

What are your thoughts?

Karam Zarkitou