Do ugly people get punished more for crime?

You need to define "ugly".

Yeah. Who you callin' ugly, Rex?

I was wondering the same thing. Are you basing your findings on the two pics above? Neither one could be considered ugly.

I'm comin in swingin.

You don't look that bad, edgar.

Poll is split down the middle, haha

http://www.tabloidcolumn.com/debbie-lafave.html


Ugly/beauty in this post is defined as "superficial beauty"...

I don't dare vote.

They are both pictures of the same woman the same woman...

I was going to include Einstein's picture (as contrast) but he was not that "un-attractive" as a young man... But certainly he was a brilliant thinker...

Ugly people use beauty against superficially beautiful people to insinuated they are dumb...

Damn, I wish I was a fourteen year old in her class.

All my female teachers were old, fat or beautiful challenged.

How would you feel if you were not the one picked?

I struggled over the vote... then picked beauty...

Who needs brains if you are desired by people?

One thing though superficial beauty often fades early in life but wisdom seems to only grow with time (until alzheimers and early senility set in).

It seems never the twain do meet...

Beauty or beast

I heard about this guy who was very ugly so he married this beautiful woman (thinking it might help) but she was not very brainy... Their kids came out ugly and stupid...

There are some really disadvantaged people in the world and they still find some mechanism for happiness. Yet those who are often born with an advantage sometimes take advantage because they think they are above the law...

Beauty and genius are both forms of ego...

Re: Do ugly people get punished more for crime?
Who thinks they do? The fact is; beauty and intelligence are both attractive features, as are talent, wealth, strength, etc. The more attractive features one possesses; the more likely he/she will attract someone with a greater quantity of attractive features to mate. This cycle continues generation after generation. The better looking you are; the better chance you'll attract someone with better attributes of their own. Same goes for intelligence, talent, wealth etc. The resulting offspring would likely prove your question backwards. When a genius marries a supermodel; his next generation's gene pool is better looking and hers is smarter. The exceptionally attributed offspring of folks with lesser attributes will generally wind up mating with a more attributed mate than his her siblings. This may not be fair, but it is reality. It would be a callous experiment but; I'd wager one could prove your theory false by assessing the relative beauty of a remedial class Vs. that of the gifted.


Perhaps. People will always be quicker to be critical of the ugly, stupid, talent-less etc. More likely, you're basing your faulty assumptions on studies that suggest ugly people are charged more often with crimes. Your data is biased, however, because ugly people commit more crimes… likely because their opportunities are more limited.

If you mean the coupling of the two; none whatsoever. Ever see a picture of Sozobe? In my experience; intelligence and beauty are no less likely to go hand in hand than any other combination. If you think beautiful women are less likely to be intelligent, you've apparently not been close enough to a sufficient number to form a coherent opinion. I hope you are terribly good looking. :wink:

how is this religious?

Rex
If I was fourteen and had a teacher like that I would not be looking for a wife.

I was watching the Bill Maher show and he was discussing this issue with a panel. The issue was bought up that an encounter like this would cause phycological damage to the victim.

I can't imagine myself having any phycological damage by having sex at fourteen.

Anyone have any opinion on this?

Well, that's simple.


ER, AH,


Let me explain. . .


One moment please. . .


UM


'Cause Rex posted it in this forum? :wink:

Lemme get what you're saying - Are you saying as long as the one having sex with a minor is a good looking babe, no harm, no foul? What about a Brad Pitt type male teacher seducing a fourteen year old girl - that a no-no?

Leave it to snood to bring reason into the debate. :wink: