Do attractive people get less empathy when they talk about…
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Do attractive people get less empathy when they talk about trauma?
I've noticed something and I'm curious whether others have experienced it.
It sometimes feels like when a conventionally attractive person talks about abuse, trauma, neglect or a difficult upbringing, people are more likely to downplay it, assume they had an easier life or think they're exaggerating.
Meanwhile, if someone looks visibly vulnerable, struggling, or less conventionally attractive, people seem quicker to believe they've had a hard life and offer empathy.
One thing that made me think about this was opening up about something personal and being told, "Well, at least you're not ugly." It wasn't meant maliciously but it felt like my experience was being dismissed and replaced with a comment about my appearance.
Do you think appearance affects how seriously people take someone's suffering? Or am I seeing a pattern that isn't really there?
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I've noticed something and I'm curious whether others have experienced it.
It sometimes feels like when a conventionally attractive person talks about abuse, trauma, neglect or a difficult upbringing, people are more likely to downplay it, assume they had an easier life or think they're exaggerating.
Meanwhile, if someone looks visibly vulnerable, struggling, or less conventionally attractive, people seem quicker to believe they've had a hard life and offer empathy.
One thing that made me think about this was opening up about something personal and being told, "Well, at least you're not ugly." It wasn't meant maliciously but it felt like my experience was being dismissed and replaced with a comment about my appearance.
Do you think appearance affects how seriously people take someone's suffering? Or am I seeing a pattern that isn't really there?
#conversation
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