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Are working class people uglier?
Oooo, I bet that controversial thread title got you all excited!
Anyway, I was wondering if this is true. In my opinion, you can spot a working class person. Aside from their clothes, they seem to have more leathery faces with bigger creases in, harder, more robust hands, usually ****ed up teeth and clearly tend to speak slightly worse. They just look more like mongrels, its almost inexplicable.
There are plenty of obvious reasons for this. Working class people might do more labour intensive work so that explains the hands. They also smoke and drink more, so that might explain the more lined, worn faces. But I’m sure richer people smoke and drink too, but to me a 40 year old smoking, drinking, suit wearing office worker never looks them same as a working class equivalent.
I say this because every time I go to Cambridge (well, a little market town by Cambridge) people just seem better looking in general than round here in my area of Liverpool and it been bugging me for the last year. Is it just down to the lifestyles people lead? That’s probably an easy answer, but its not as if working people spend the day down the coal mines anymore and get sut ingrained into their skin and that, and working in a masonry yard or whatever isn’t as hardcore as old fashioned working class professions (as in, staple industry professions).
There’s also the bizarre phenomenon that chavs my age around here enjoy walking round with a permanent scowl on their face, which usually just looks like their in a state of confusion. And some girls like to tie their hair back in a pony tail so painfully tight that you expect the skin on their forehead to rip under the pressure.
Actually, it also surprised me that when I went to Oxford the stereotype of Ralph Lauren jumper, light chino and brown boat shoe wearing rosy cheeked and curly locked middle class boy was out in force – so many lads looked like that. The girls were less homogenous, mind.
Do people think that class can be, at least to an extent, distinguished by how people look (as in, not based on the clothes they wear, but their face/hands/aesthetics)?
Anyway, I was wondering if this is true. In my opinion, you can spot a working class person. Aside from their clothes, they seem to have more leathery faces with bigger creases in, harder, more robust hands, usually ****ed up teeth and clearly tend to speak slightly worse. They just look more like mongrels, its almost inexplicable.
There are plenty of obvious reasons for this. Working class people might do more labour intensive work so that explains the hands. They also smoke and drink more, so that might explain the more lined, worn faces. But I’m sure richer people smoke and drink too, but to me a 40 year old smoking, drinking, suit wearing office worker never looks them same as a working class equivalent.
I say this because every time I go to Cambridge (well, a little market town by Cambridge) people just seem better looking in general than round here in my area of Liverpool and it been bugging me for the last year. Is it just down to the lifestyles people lead? That’s probably an easy answer, but its not as if working people spend the day down the coal mines anymore and get sut ingrained into their skin and that, and working in a masonry yard or whatever isn’t as hardcore as old fashioned working class professions (as in, staple industry professions).
There’s also the bizarre phenomenon that chavs my age around here enjoy walking round with a permanent scowl on their face, which usually just looks like their in a state of confusion. And some girls like to tie their hair back in a pony tail so painfully tight that you expect the skin on their forehead to rip under the pressure.
Actually, it also surprised me that when I went to Oxford the stereotype of Ralph Lauren jumper, light chino and brown boat shoe wearing rosy cheeked and curly locked middle class boy was out in force – so many lads looked like that. The girls were less homogenous, mind.
Do people think that class can be, at least to an extent, distinguished by how people look (as in, not based on the clothes they wear, but their face/hands/aesthetics)?
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Consie
Oooo, I bet that controversial thread title got you all excited!
Anyway, I was wondering if this is true. In my opinion, you can spot a working class person. Aside from their clothes, they seem to have more leathery faces with bigger creases in, harder, more robust hands, usually ****ed up teeth and clearly tend to speak slightly worse. They just look more like mongrels, its almost inexplicable.
There are plenty of obvious reasons for this. Working class people might do more labour intensive work so that explains the hands. They also smoke and drink more, so that might explain the more lined, worn faces. But I’m sure richer people smoke and drink too, but to me a 40 year old smoking, drinking, suit wearing office worker never looks them same as a working class equivalent.
I say this because every time I go to Cambridge (well, a little market town by Cambridge) people just seem better looking in general than round here in my area of Liverpool and it been bugging me for the last year. Is it just down to the lifestyles people lead? That’s probably an easy answer, but its not as if working people spend the day down the coal mines anymore and get sut ingrained into their skin and that, and working in a masonry yard or whatever isn’t as hardcore as old fashioned working class professions (as in, staple industry professions).
There’s also the bizarre phenomenon that chavs my age around here enjoy walking round with a permanent scowl on their face, which usually just looks like their in a state of confusion. And some girls like to tie their hair back in a pony tail so painfully tight that you expect the skin on their forehead to rip under the pressure.
Actually, it also surprised me that when I went to Oxford the stereotype of Ralph Lauren jumper, light chino and brown boat shoe wearing rosy cheeked and curly locked middle class boy was out in force – so many lads looked like that. The girls were less homogenous, mind.
Do people think that class can be, at least to an extent, distinguished by how people look (as in, not based on the clothes they wear, but their face/hands/aesthetics)?
Anyway, I was wondering if this is true. In my opinion, you can spot a working class person. Aside from their clothes, they seem to have more leathery faces with bigger creases in, harder, more robust hands, usually ****ed up teeth and clearly tend to speak slightly worse. They just look more like mongrels, its almost inexplicable.
There are plenty of obvious reasons for this. Working class people might do more labour intensive work so that explains the hands. They also smoke and drink more, so that might explain the more lined, worn faces. But I’m sure richer people smoke and drink too, but to me a 40 year old smoking, drinking, suit wearing office worker never looks them same as a working class equivalent.
I say this because every time I go to Cambridge (well, a little market town by Cambridge) people just seem better looking in general than round here in my area of Liverpool and it been bugging me for the last year. Is it just down to the lifestyles people lead? That’s probably an easy answer, but its not as if working people spend the day down the coal mines anymore and get sut ingrained into their skin and that, and working in a masonry yard or whatever isn’t as hardcore as old fashioned working class professions (as in, staple industry professions).
There’s also the bizarre phenomenon that chavs my age around here enjoy walking round with a permanent scowl on their face, which usually just looks like their in a state of confusion. And some girls like to tie their hair back in a pony tail so painfully tight that you expect the skin on their forehead to rip under the pressure.
Actually, it also surprised me that when I went to Oxford the stereotype of Ralph Lauren jumper, light chino and brown boat shoe wearing rosy cheeked and curly locked middle class boy was out in force – so many lads looked like that. The girls were less homogenous, mind.
Do people think that class can be, at least to an extent, distinguished by how people look (as in, not based on the clothes they wear, but their face/hands/aesthetics)?
I don't think it's the class that effects it, but the environment that you grow up in.
People from different areas of the country look different. As a younger person I would've put this down solely to genetics in that area, but now I'm pretty sure that's not the case, and there are other factors involved.
I was born in Manchester, and spent the first 6 years of my life there. Looking back over photographs and videos, I have a clear 'Manchester' look about me at around this age, and the few years after, when I moved to the South.
I did then, however, begin to take on the look of a Southern person - I've now moved back to the North and people can't believe I'm from Manchester originally, because they say that I look completely Southern to them too.
As I said before, I think it's location/environment that affects a person's look and not class - but I can't explain why living in one place would make you look different to living in another, I don't know.
cpj1987
People from different areas of the country look different. As a younger person I would've put this down solely to genetics in that area, but now I'm pretty sure that's not the case.
Hmm - I just think it's a matter of 1) Money - WC people tend to have less money to spend on making themselves look good, so they wear worse clothes, cheap makeup etc. and 2) Taste - Taste and lifestyle does differ between classes. I don't find a guy in Kappa and Reebok very hot 
But I guess some girls do. 3) Work - yeah, it's true, hard labour tends to have it's effects.
But I guess some girls do. 3) Work - yeah, it's true, hard labour tends to have it's effects.Ever heard the saying 'you are what you eat'
working class ppl generally eat a poorer diet consisting of junk food ect which has the effect of worsening the quality of their bodies.
This would be the major reason
and might i add the fact that working class ppl tend to work far longer hours leads to them having far less sleep and being generally more stressed. This also has a huge effect on their bodies and hence appearance
working class ppl generally eat a poorer diet consisting of junk food ect which has the effect of worsening the quality of their bodies.
This would be the major reason
and might i add the fact that working class ppl tend to work far longer hours leads to them having far less sleep and being generally more stressed. This also has a huge effect on their bodies and hence appearance
You are mistaking your own prejudices for actuality.
Consie
They just look more like mongrels.
Can you explain what you mean by "mongrel"?
A mongrel is:
1)An animal or a plant resulting from various interbreedings, especially a dog of mixed or undetermined breed.
2)A cross between different breeds, groups, or varieties, especially a mixture that is or appears to be incongruous.
So do you mean mongrel in regards to race?
In my opinion, being a "mongrel" is a lot better than being inbred.
Also, are you just trying to be controversial or is this all actually what you think?
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It could be that those with more money have greater opportunities when it comes to choosing partners for procreation.
How many times have you seen someone, who is no oil painting but has wads of money, with a beautiful partner at their side?
Eventually, the 'looker' genes will drown out the ugly ones.
It's going to take a while longer for the royal family to become an attractive family since the Duke of Edinburgh put them back several generations.
How many times have you seen someone, who is no oil painting but has wads of money, with a beautiful partner at their side?
Eventually, the 'looker' genes will drown out the ugly ones.
I think the perfect examples to disaprove your theory are Prince Charles and Wayne Rooney.
It's going to take a while longer for the royal family to become an attractive family since the Duke of Edinburgh put them back several generations.
I've got to admit the theory of environment is probably true.!
And your acent can change to make you fit in if you move from one area to another. I had a teacher once who was clearly from the South, and after a few months she said she went back down and her family all said her accent had changed dramatically. If i went down South someone may comment that i sounded common because of my accent and may therefore say me and my family are working class, making presumptions.
If i saw someone in a suit in town, i'd say they had a decent enough job, but if they are working class or not doesn't depict how i will treat them.
Which seems to be applied if unintentially above.
If you think all working Class people are ugly or uglier than other people you are intitled to your opinions.
I live just on the rim of a council estate in NW Manchester, apparently one the worst in the area. Yet on the road i live theres a Lawyer, Nurse and Teacher among others. If you saw any of them at work you'd think they didin't live where they do, even though when they're not at work the Lawyer for example, wears Jeans and a T-Shirt, so on your basis is he"Working-Class"?
And your acent can change to make you fit in if you move from one area to another. I had a teacher once who was clearly from the South, and after a few months she said she went back down and her family all said her accent had changed dramatically. If i went down South someone may comment that i sounded common because of my accent and may therefore say me and my family are working class, making presumptions.
If i saw someone in a suit in town, i'd say they had a decent enough job, but if they are working class or not doesn't depict how i will treat them.
Which seems to be applied if unintentially above.
If you think all working Class people are ugly or uglier than other people you are intitled to your opinions.
I live just on the rim of a council estate in NW Manchester, apparently one the worst in the area. Yet on the road i live theres a Lawyer, Nurse and Teacher among others. If you saw any of them at work you'd think they didin't live where they do, even though when they're not at work the Lawyer for example, wears Jeans and a T-Shirt, so on your basis is he"Working-Class"?
emmajcunningham
In my opinion, being a "mongrel" is a lot better than being inbred.
emmajcunningham
In my opinion, being a "mongrel" is a lot better than being inbred.
In my opinion, being a "mongrel" is a lot better than being inbred.
I totally agree!
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