The results also showed that the switch to online learning in 2024 eliminated the beauty advantage — but only for female students. For non-quantitative courses, attractive female students experienced a drop in grades with remote learning, while attractive male students continued to see the benefits of their appearance.
According to Mehic, this suggests that discrimination likely explains the beauty premium for female students, who no longer enjoyed higher grades in remote settings. In contrast, the beauty premium for male students appears to be due to productivity-enhancing traits, since their grades remained higher despite lower interaction with instructors.
“The main takeaway is that both male and female students experience a beauty premium when teaching is in person,” Mehic explained. “But for females, this effect disappears with online teaching. This, at least to me, suggests that the beauty premium for males is due to some productivity-related factors, such as higher self-confidence, while for women, it’s more likely caused by discrimination.”
The main takeaway is men don’t experience a beauty premium, that’s why they remain unaffected while attractive women suffer. This is one of those subtle subversions, it clearly can’t be that women experience a pussy pass that men don’t so we must pretend attractive men get benefits somehow, because no ugly man has ever been confident or had social skills.
As time goes by, I've become more and more convinced that the 'woman are wonderful' halo effect is more powerful than anyone realizes. And that the majority of women lead charmed lives - yes, even the ugly ones - that is completely isolated from the male experience.
All you have to do to be a successful woman, in the eyes of nearly everybody, is take reasonably good care of yourself. Don't get super fat, don't accrue mountains of debt or fatherless children, and limit your promiscuous sex to some form of serial monogamy.
If you can do that, it doesn't really matter how attractive you are. People generally won't have a problem with you.
2 of the 3 nymphomaniac women I've met were "pretty" at best, most would consider them unattractive or even ugly. The other one was an absolute knockout. 😋
Ugly guys can have confidence, skills and personality too. There's handsome men who are repulsive once you get to know them :/
Lost my virginity one summer, pretty much went into sex obsession mode. I was absolutely shocked at the amount of numbers I was getting, but I wasnt really calling any of them so maybe they were fake numbers? God what a pathetic time, trying to lock eyes with every female between the ages of 18 and 40 that walked in the room.
I did eventually snap out of it. Was making out with two girls at my college, one was a neighbor in the next dorm, and the other was a girl that I met during lunch lol. My roomates g/f came out and laughed and said I had to pick one.
I realized then I didnt want either actually ahahahahahahahahaaha. That was enough to snap me out of it.
That effect is literally the primary method used in the century-long subversion of the West. Every single subversive and destructive movement happened because women were convinced to support it and that then led to men seeing it actually done.
Its been this way since the dawn of our species, I imagine. There is a reason males have bigger bodies and muscles. Someone has to fight the bears. It really aggravates me about the "man vs bear what would you take" thing, because for every 1 idiot predator male there are prolly 4 or 5 other males ready to beat the shit out of that person.
I know women have a hard time believing this, but most of us have that "big brother" feelings toward women. We have a desire to protect them from harm, not rape and beat them wtf.
This is bait. The odds of being a victim of violent crime of any kind, including rape in that global statistic, is much higher for men.
Yeah, I don't consider that an ovarian cyst can form on me either, instead I worry about testicular cancer. Wow, men and women have different problems on occasion. You have to look at on the whole, and on the whole, the odds of a man or woman causing you some kind of major physical and mental trauma through violent or non-violent application of their selves upon you is straight-up riskier and more harmful to men.
I disagree. I think what is going on is something more like:
Bob is the most attractive guy in his senior class. It helps him win Student Body President. He learns many skills and grows as a person as a result of his experience in the position.
Alice is the most attractive girl in her senior class. It helps her win Homecoming Queen. She gets a crown.
Attractiveness helps women at that moment. It situations where they cannot directly exploit it or their attractiveness fades, the advantage is gone. Men leverage the advantage for self-improvement, creating a persistent benefit that remains even if the attractiveness does not.
tl;dr: "Beauty premium" is transitive without ambition, which skews male.
As others have said, it's also possible that the physical qualities that are attractive in men are considered attractive specifically because they correlate with other qualities. For all we know, jawline and spatial reasoning share a gene somewhere. Human pattern recognition is far better than we give it credit for.
Edit: And now for a completely different angle. Girls are significantly more social than boys. Attractive girls are at the tip of the social hierarchy and, as such, are generally much more invested in it. If "remote learning" also means social isolation, it would be easy to believe that the students most likely to suffer mentally would be the social butterflies. The loner in the library sees no change, but Becky's world is crashing down. Basically, it's an interesting point of data (if true) but drawing any conclusions from it is impossible. Especially not, "muh discrimination!." Focusing solely on instructor interaction is a huge failing of this report.
Here’s my caveat at least: male confidence and social skills aren’t inherently due to attractiveness, but status. Being attractive can help their status and thereby their confidence, but so can being talented, wealthy, or simply raised by someone who understands the value of raising confident sons. You can very easily argue male testosterone levels also vastly influence their social abilities. Female confidence is nearly entirely dependent on their appearance.
Your edit was interesting in the social isolation aspect having a more detrimental effect on attractive women as well. It would make sense they have a more severe impact because they are used to their status being reaffirmed by social interactions.
For all we know, jawline and spatial reasoning share a gene somewhere. Human pattern recognition is far better than we give it credit for.
It's generally been proven that taller, more attractive people loosely correlate with better intellect or soft intelligence proxies. It doesn't even have to be genetic. It stands to reason that a healthy and well cared for childhood that leads to reaching a greater proportion of your potential height, could also potentially lead to you realising a greater degree of your mental potential too.
Another possible explanation is, men are more likely to give pretty women favorability in person, because they think - subconsciously or consciously, depending on the person - they might get sex out of it.
Women could be more likely to give a pretty man favorability overall, whether in person or not. It would be ironic if the reason the male "beauty gap" didn't fade online was the fault of women being illogical.
The main takeaway is men don’t experience a beauty premium, that’s why they remain unaffected while attractive women suffer. This is one of those subtle subversions, it clearly can’t be that women experience a pussy pass that men don’t so we must pretend attractive men get benefits somehow, because no ugly man has ever been confident or had social skills.
As time goes by, I've become more and more convinced that the 'woman are wonderful' halo effect is more powerful than anyone realizes. And that the majority of women lead charmed lives - yes, even the ugly ones - that is completely isolated from the male experience.
All you have to do to be a successful woman, in the eyes of nearly everybody, is take reasonably good care of yourself. Don't get super fat, don't accrue mountains of debt or fatherless children, and limit your promiscuous sex to some form of serial monogamy.
If you can do that, it doesn't really matter how attractive you are. People generally won't have a problem with you.
2 of the 3 nymphomaniac women I've met were "pretty" at best, most would consider them unattractive or even ugly. The other one was an absolute knockout. 😋
Ugly guys can have confidence, skills and personality too. There's handsome men who are repulsive once you get to know them :/
Looks are over rated. Im not exactly a "chad".
Lost my virginity one summer, pretty much went into sex obsession mode. I was absolutely shocked at the amount of numbers I was getting, but I wasnt really calling any of them so maybe they were fake numbers? God what a pathetic time, trying to lock eyes with every female between the ages of 18 and 40 that walked in the room.
I did eventually snap out of it. Was making out with two girls at my college, one was a neighbor in the next dorm, and the other was a girl that I met during lunch lol. My roomates g/f came out and laughed and said I had to pick one.
I realized then I didnt want either actually ahahahahahahahahaaha. That was enough to snap me out of it.
Yep. That's one of the larger black pills. Across the board, women are privileged and prioritized and sheltered and promoted simply for being women.
Because eggs are rare and finite and valuable and sperm is cheap and plentiful.
They'd be a lot less rare if they didn't kill their babies so damn much.
Honestly, I think part of it is women are easier to control and make them do what you want versus a male.
Which makes me wonder about that part in the bible that claims that eve was the first one to bite the apple.
Contrary to what Hollywood movies portray, a 110-pound woman punching a 220-pound man is an annoyance at best.
Women survived and passed on their genes, despite millennia of warfare and strife, because the survivors immediately sucked off their conquerors.
Of course women are easier to influence and control—They evolved that way.
That effect is literally the primary method used in the century-long subversion of the West. Every single subversive and destructive movement happened because women were convinced to support it and that then led to men seeing it actually done.
Its been this way since the dawn of our species, I imagine. There is a reason males have bigger bodies and muscles. Someone has to fight the bears. It really aggravates me about the "man vs bear what would you take" thing, because for every 1 idiot predator male there are prolly 4 or 5 other males ready to beat the shit out of that person.
I know women have a hard time believing this, but most of us have that "big brother" feelings toward women. We have a desire to protect them from harm, not rape and beat them wtf.
It's more charmed that you and I have never once considered the possibility that you might be raped.
This is bait. The odds of being a victim of violent crime of any kind, including rape in that global statistic, is much higher for men.
Yeah, I don't consider that an ovarian cyst can form on me either, instead I worry about testicular cancer. Wow, men and women have different problems on occasion. You have to look at on the whole, and on the whole, the odds of a man or woman causing you some kind of major physical and mental trauma through violent or non-violent application of their selves upon you is straight-up riskier and more harmful to men.
Its true, men can never experience traumatic assualt of any kind, right?
Might be your dumbest post yet.
He and gitz can’t seem to ever find the bottom.
Well, Antonio regularly finds bottoms…
There's a lot of competition in that category.
Why wouldn't that be a possibility? Gay men exist, as well as bs prison sentences.
I'm pretty sure Grant isn't a jailbird. He doesn't sound like the type. I don't think he just came from a gang meeting.
So gay.
Male sexual assault victims are more or less just as prevalent as female ones if you use objective criteria instead of self-reported surveys.
That you think one is vastly less likely than the other isn't proof that men have it easier, it's proof that propaganda works.
Attributes considered attractive in men correlate more with discipline and intelligence than those commonly considered attractive in women.
I disagree. I think what is going on is something more like:
Bob is the most attractive guy in his senior class. It helps him win Student Body President. He learns many skills and grows as a person as a result of his experience in the position.
Alice is the most attractive girl in her senior class. It helps her win Homecoming Queen. She gets a crown.
Attractiveness helps women at that moment. It situations where they cannot directly exploit it or their attractiveness fades, the advantage is gone. Men leverage the advantage for self-improvement, creating a persistent benefit that remains even if the attractiveness does not.
tl;dr: "Beauty premium" is transitive without ambition, which skews male.
As others have said, it's also possible that the physical qualities that are attractive in men are considered attractive specifically because they correlate with other qualities. For all we know, jawline and spatial reasoning share a gene somewhere. Human pattern recognition is far better than we give it credit for.
Edit: And now for a completely different angle. Girls are significantly more social than boys. Attractive girls are at the tip of the social hierarchy and, as such, are generally much more invested in it. If "remote learning" also means social isolation, it would be easy to believe that the students most likely to suffer mentally would be the social butterflies. The loner in the library sees no change, but Becky's world is crashing down. Basically, it's an interesting point of data (if true) but drawing any conclusions from it is impossible. Especially not, "muh discrimination!." Focusing solely on instructor interaction is a huge failing of this report.
Here’s my caveat at least: male confidence and social skills aren’t inherently due to attractiveness, but status. Being attractive can help their status and thereby their confidence, but so can being talented, wealthy, or simply raised by someone who understands the value of raising confident sons. You can very easily argue male testosterone levels also vastly influence their social abilities. Female confidence is nearly entirely dependent on their appearance.
I agree with the additional point that those male testosterone levels also impact physical attractiveness.
Your edit was interesting in the social isolation aspect having a more detrimental effect on attractive women as well. It would make sense they have a more severe impact because they are used to their status being reaffirmed by social interactions.
It's generally been proven that taller, more attractive people loosely correlate with better intellect or soft intelligence proxies. It doesn't even have to be genetic. It stands to reason that a healthy and well cared for childhood that leads to reaching a greater proportion of your potential height, could also potentially lead to you realising a greater degree of your mental potential too.
Another possible explanation is, men are more likely to give pretty women favorability in person, because they think - subconsciously or consciously, depending on the person - they might get sex out of it.
Women could be more likely to give a pretty man favorability overall, whether in person or not. It would be ironic if the reason the male "beauty gap" didn't fade online was the fault of women being illogical.
There are no girls on the Internet.