Reddit reviews Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

Beautiful people have fewer external incentives to be kind, or intelligent, relative to people who do not have the advantage of being attractive. To what degree this lowered incentive actually actually effects how kind someone is up to speculation, and would depend on a lot of other factors.

Here are some books that cite studies on the matter:

Looks: Why They Matter More Than You Ever Imagined by Patzer


Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty by
Nancy Etcoff

The Power and Paradox of Physical Attractiveness by Patzer

The third is basically a textbook academic version of the first. I've only finished the first one, and basically it's worse, and only slightly more complicated than you probably think. These are not comforting books, but they will make you see how much beauty matters, and accept that this fact will never change. And hopefully, encourage the people who read it to be more aware of this bias so we can consciously fight it.

Because more value is placed on womens looks due to our historically patriarchal society in The West. It's all over the place, from r/pics to lyrics like "now you dont need that money
when you look like that, do ya honey." Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl. So much value in fact is placed on it that it's viewed as currency, as in a hot young girl and and older/ugly/fat woman both have flat tires on the side of the road, guess which one is helped by the kindness of strangers, and not just men either? If straight women only judged initial attractiveness on appearance alone, you guys would be getting dolled up every day. See Survival of the Prettiest by Nancy Etcoff, then wash your brain out with The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

I read once that tall people are given more personal space by strangers. I think it came from Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty.

Boy, women have lighter skin than men, assuming same genetics. Because of estrogen. Same for eye size. Because of that we are wired to find lighter skin tones as a sign of fertility and as a more feminine, attractive feature. Also, looking at global demographics, porcelain skin, light eyes and non-black hair are minority traits, that makes them exotic and rare, and therefore more interesting.

While colonialism had its effects, you are off the mark with this one. Here's a book for you: https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Prettiest-Science-Nancy-Etcoff/dp/0385479425 by some highly educated jewish lady. I wish you a good read.