Homely men and social norms
2015-11-03 01:35:23.850744+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
A couple of different views of the same press release:
Homely men who misbehave can't win for losing: Attractiveness influences online daters, jurors
The researchers found that whether a man transgressed a social norm was a much greater put-off than whether he was unattractive. Normally women do not feel differently towards a homely man who toes the line. If that same ugly duckling, however, transgresses the boundaries of right or wrong, a magnified or "double" devil effect comes into play. He is then viewed in an extremely negative light, much more so than would have been the case if he were handsome.
The Unattractive Bias: Women More Likely To Shun Homely Guys After They 'Misbehave':
Homely men who misbehave can’t win for losing
The paper is Gender Issues: December 2015, Volume 32, Issue 4, pp 266-278 You’re OK Until You Misbehave: How Norm Violations Magnify the Attractiveness Devil Effect Jeremy L. Gibson , Jonathan S. Gore, behind a paywall.