Original airdate: January 02, 2024
Life is far from equal—and the evidence for that is endless. But one bias many of us struggle to accept, let alone talk about, is pretty privilege. It suggests that conventionally attractive people benefit in many areas of life because of their looks.
So, in a world that remains highly fixated on outward appearances, how can we nurture our sense of self-worth and play to our strengths despite the unfair advantages better-looking people often have?
To tackle these issues and unpack solutions, I invited fellow podcasters Sami Dandachi and Tarek Abou Chakra from the Anything Everything Podcast and Mahreen Munir from Karak with Mahreen on the show.
Join us for this exciting and uplifting discussion.
Follow panel members:
Sami Dandachi and Tarek Abou Chakra @aethepodcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/the-anything-everything-podcast/id1693128301
Mahreen Munir @KarakWithMahreen : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/karak-with-mahreen/id1707351232
Seline Shenoy @SelineShenoy : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dream-catcher-podcast/id1336013258
Discussion points:
- What is pretty privilege and why are we psychologically subject to this bias?
- The impact of culture on beauty standards
- The commodification of people based on physical appearance
- The homogenization of beauty and social media contributes to these aesthetics
- The fickle nature of beauty standards and why we shouldn’t base our self-worth on it
- Beauty bias in the workplace
- How to keep your halo effect bias in check
- How to put your best foot forward
- Caveats in the body positivity movement
- How the media and society impact our perception of beauty
- The impact of beauty standards on men and women
- Why do you need to wrap your identity around other aspects of yourself
- The role of beauty in dating
- The wrong messaging of trophy wives, Only Fans, etc.
- The impact of beauty standards on men and how women view them
- Dating attractive people out of our age groups
- The importance of dating with intention
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