Attractive people more likely to be rightwing, study finds Good-looking people also get treated better and therefore feel the world is just and fair, leading to ‘blind spot’ when trying to understand hardships of others Research shows good-looking people may get on better in life, biasing them towards conservative views. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesIt is a finding unlikely to prove popular with Guardian readers, but a study has concluded that attractive people are more likely to be rightwing. “All attractive people are not conservative and not all unattractive people are liberals,” said Peterson. But he added: “Attractiveness gives a person a small push in the conservative direction.”Is my face attractive? They found that attractive people faced fewer hurdles navigating the social world and were more likely to be conservative due to the blind spot theory.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2018 02:15 UTC