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Lookism
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12-3-2007 7:35 AM
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12-3-2007
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it looks good. no prejudice held ...... ))
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ab9e2b36-7339-406d-bb6b-3749cbe4abb4/E43FF692-41F5-43D5-907D-B1C699E38447/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lookism&oldid=173714235" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lookism&oldid=173714235" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lookism&oldid=173714235"><P><B>Lookism</B> is discrimination against or prejudice towards others based on their appearance. The term is not in widespread use, though it appears in major English language dictionaries.<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-0"><A title="" href="#_note-0">[1]</A></SUP></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lookism&oldid=173714235"><P>Lookism has received scholarly attention both from a <A title="Cultural studies" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_studies">cultural studies</A> and an <A title="Economics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics">economics</A> perspective.<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-1"><A title="" href="#_note-1">[2]</A></SUP> In the former context, lookism relates to preconceived notions of <A title="Beauty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty">beauty</A> and cultural <A title="Stereotyping" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotyping">stereotyping</A> based on appearance as well as <A title="Gender role" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_role">gender roles</A> and expectations. Important economic considerations include the question of income gaps based on looks, as well increased or decreased productivity from workers considered beautiful or <A title="Ugly" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly">ugly</A> by their co-workers.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lookism&oldid=173714235"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A rel="nofollow" title="http://www.lookism.info" class="external text" href="http://www.lookism.info">Lookism.info</A> — <A title="German language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language">German</A> site on lookism, with English translations</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lookism&oldid=173714235"><LI id="_note-0"><B><A title="" href="#_ref-0">^</A></B> <A rel="nofollow" title="http://www.bartleby.com" class="external text" href="http://www.bartleby.com">Bartleby.com</A> — "<A rel="nofollow" title="http://www.bartleby.com/61/64/L0246450.html" class="external text" href="http://www.bartleby.com/61/64/L0246450.html">Lookism</A>". <I>The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.</I> 2000.</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E43FF692-41F5-43D5-907D-B1C699E38447/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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