Re:Why you should never pay for online dating (OkCupid) (2010)
by lmm on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:59PM
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> To give an example, taller men have a higher chance of being promoted. Fortune 500 CEOs are disproportionately tall compared to the general population. As a society we still promote meritocracy, and working hard. Not telling people who are 5'4 to just give up and be unemployed cause they will never be the CEO of Ford Motor company.
Now you're moving the goalposts, which shows you knew your original claim was wrong. "It didn't happen, and if it did they deserved it" indeed.
But aside from that, and the inherent assumption that beauty standards are universal and biological which is a pretty big assumption.
A slight societal preference does not lead to the conclusions people drew from the article.
To give an example, taller men have a higher chance of being promoted. Fortune 500 CEOs are disproportionately tall compared to the general population. As a society we still promote meritocracy, and working hard. Not telling people who are 5'4 to just give up and be unemployed cause they will never be the CEO of Ford Motor company.