Is it true that unattactive people have bad social skills and have a lower chances at getting a job?

Question

I have looked at studies that have said that unattractive people(disfigured, ugly, fugly)...have much lower social skills and they have less of a chance of getting a job, and I can see this at my school some of my more unattractive friends that don't have nice clothes or disigner sunglasses or super expenisve brand name cologne and really nice customized shoes and not even super cool accessories like Ipods, designer backbacks, or even cell phones that are upwards of 200 dollars...they don't really have that great of social skills and have ruined many of my convorsations! they will say something completely irrevelent! Is it just a coincodence, I THINK NOT! what is your opinion...I'm doing my science fair over this, I have already got it approved with the science fair teachers and the school princible and vice principal is OK with it too. OPINIONS PLZ!

Answer 1

sociology studies have shown that in western schools there are generally 4 classes of people . Popular, Controversial, neglected and rejected.  popular people  actually have more problem when the enter puberty as they have more to lose. longitudinal studies have shown that neglected and rejected people end up being more balanced as adults and being able to emphases more with a wider range of people.

Answer 2

That's not true. My boos is overweight and not very attractive (but a very nice person!). And he has a better job than I do....

Answer 3

What school - high school?  Some of your comments are probably true if you are talking about teenagers.  But the stuff that is important in high school largely turns into trivial nonsense later in life.  There's so much more that is interesting and important.

Once you graduate and move on to the real world (college, trade tech, work) those factors are still in play, but not as much as in high school.  Some good looking people fall apart if they are all looks and no "substance", while other plainer folks move on to bigger and better things.

In certain industries, like the entertainment biz, anyone "on camera" will need to look good.  But there's plenty of work for everyone else behind the scenes.

Answer 4

I disagree. I know a few really pretty girls that hardly ever talk. And we all see the ugly people that never shut up. I think that being ugly could play a factor in not wanting to be social, but I also thik that most ugly people don't realize how ugly they are.

Answer 5

frankly, i think it's because "unattractive people" are not given the benefits that "attractive" people are given.  you say hi to attractive people, but when unattractive people walk by you ignore them.  attractive people are asked out to eat, go to the mall, go to the movies, go to birthday parties.  unattractive people have never been asked.  if they're never given the chance to develop social skills on an interactive level, how can people expect them to have them?  

do people talk to these unattractive people like humans, or do people pass judgement on them?  are they considered unattractive because they're poor?  because they drive used cars?  is someone attractive because they have money and drive nice cars?

something to think about as to the why, and a possible fix.  also something to think about as to whether judgement like this is shallow or not.  good luck with your science fair project, it should be really interesting.

Answer 6

could it simply be personality differences?