The Beautiful Woman SyndromeThe beautiful woman syndrome (or the most beautiful woman syndrome, as it is sometimes called) will affect most men who pursue gorgeous women. However, most men won't recognize the symptoms of the beautiful woman syndrome (BWS), nor will they know how to effectively deal with it. Result? A man will usually fail to win the heart of the stunning woman, and he may feel somewhat bitter about his lack of success. Appearance discrimination has been called The New Racism. The beautiful woman syndrome arises from appearance discrimination: thinking you're better because you're better looking. Racists think they're better, too. Aeon April 4, 2024: The scourge of lookism: It is time to take seriously the painful consequences of appearance discrimination in the workplace April 11, 2024: 'Pretty privilege': Attractive people considered more trustworthy, research confirms What is it?The beautiful woman syndrome (BWS) is characterized by:
Having the beautiful woman syndrome makes a woman more likely to:
“People put too much emphasis on looks.” Objections to the beautiful woman syndrome prove it existsOf course, not every beautiful woman has the beautiful woman syndrome, but a sure sign of it is someone who reads about it and goes berserk denying that it exists. Every two years or so some beautiful woman will come out of the woodwork spouting profanity and sounding unhinged, thus ironically manifesting the intolerance that is a hallmark of this syndrome, as she swears up and down—and just plain swears—that the syndrome doesn't exist. Their crude messages also illustrate other BWS hallmarks: laziness and ignorance. This site contains one of the best articles ever written, submitted by an intelligent beautiful woman acutely aware that she has the beautiful woman syndrome. But the BWSers who rely on profanity, not real-world evidence, are too lazy and self-centered to read what others write or care if it is true. Why bother when they're convinced they know it all? BWSers, being know-it-alls, often think their opinions should prevail even when they conflict with the reality the rest of us see: that beautiful women are indeed put on pedestals and given special treatment, which often inflates their self-assessments so they think more of themselves and less of others. The fact that the beautiful woman syndrome exists is so obvious to so many that anyone who denies its existence is not fully tuned into reality. Speaking of special treatment: jurors are more likely to be lenient with attractive defendants. Casey Anthony is one. Rebecca “Becky” Cotton is another. After killing her first husband with an axe blow to the head circa 1794, she was acquitted by the all-male jury and married one of the jurors. Researchers know that attractive defendants are more likely to be acquitted (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) or receive lighter sentences. This bias is also exhibited by judges. As Scientific American put it, Attractive Young Females May Have Justice Edge. They do. A common misconception amongst BWS deniers is that I must be bitter because I never dated a beautiful woman. Wrong! I dated several, some of whom were exceptionally gorgeous and perfectly normal, but too many of which were mean, nasty people who treated others like dirt and thought they were royalty just because they were hot. They had a hair-trigger for criticizing others, often finding the most ridiculously trivial reasons to ridicule them. These endless condemnations had a clear motive: by putting others down, the BWSers seemed better in comparison and thus inflated their narcissism without having to do anything to justify a bigger ego. The beautiful woman syndrome is all about ego, and to a BWSer, the bigger the ego, the better. Why I created this siteOver the years, a few Internet strangers came out of the blue to speculate on why I created this website, surmising that I was embittered because I never dated a beautiful woman. Wrong; I dated some who were absolutely gorgeous, more attractive than some supermodels. In my case, the best looking ones were also the smartest, with 150 IQs. What bothered me was that none of them did anything noteworthy with their intellectual gifts, which were instead squandered when they succumbed to the temptation of living off their looks. I want to see everyone, including women, fulfill all of their potential and achieve all of their dreams. Exceptional beauty can be an impediment to that, luring women into not developing their full potential. A 1977 PSA for the UNCF declared that “a mind is a terrible thing to waste.” Indeed it is. Continue reading about the beautiful woman syndrome > Research: More Attractive Real Estate Agents Mean Higher Prices and Profits |
In cultures that put attractive people on a pedestal, the beautiful woman syndrome is inevitable, so if you have it, I am not blaming you for what is clearly a cultural problem.
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