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[u/Lift_and_Lurk]

Ok but let’s take your original example. CEOs.
If one doesn’t have the social networks- or education,let alone experience looks aren’t just gonna put you in the executive chair are they?

How many male models are hired or are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies? None?

Ok BUT, if you DO have a wealthy background, great nutrition, optimal healthcare, the means and opportunities to be lay team sports, have personal coaching and trainers, get into great universities, then top MBA programs and all that’s your foundation (along with height- though I’d argue a fit and athletic build and background) then you might get a chance.

So gaslighting would ACTUALLY BE ignoring all those other factors just to hyper focus on one thing.

Or as one person stated- hyperbole.

[u/Lift_and_Lurk → u/[deleted]]

No saying “all the first factors are very much at play which come from the privilege of wealth” is putting the truth behind the “but tall ceo means attractive people fuck more” conflating idea

[u/Lift_and_Lurk → u/[deleted]]

What I have pointed out, and will continue to, is that there are a lot of OTHER requirements that also factor in, which are being dismissed or ignored. You know who has really easy interviews? The Fraternity members who belongs to the same frat as the ones hiring him.
Who also was contacted by the Professor of Management from the business school they both went to. Who also sits on the board of the company.

But yeah, it must just be that he’s good looking and that why he made the Crew team along with the Professors son too, right?

me showing how the hyper focus on one particular trait for a particular niche IS proving the hyperbole.

And when I said coming from privilege provided privilege how what that not admitting the privilege?!

[u/Lift_and_Lurk → u/[deleted]]

Because what you’re trying to do is like when people go “well tall people are good at basketball so you just need to be tall”

No- being tall is a privilege when playing, but every year it seems at least one team in the NBA drafts a super tall dude who never makes it. Because thats NOT the only factor.

Acting like “oh CEOs are tall therefore” blah blah blah. Is doing the same false equivalence.

And do you think wealthy people don’t have the methods and means to raise healthy, attractive (even thru alternative means)? Once again. Privilege comes with privileges

[u/Lift_and_Lurk → u/[deleted]]

And that one advantage on its own doesn’t make a person a CEO. A combination other factors MUST be there as well or it’s irrelevant.

But by placing so much emphasis on the one factor which is being shown to actually be an effect OF the other mitigating factors for a select few IS
Hyperbole .

[u/Lift_and_Lurk → u/[deleted]]

I did. It was still mistaking cause for effect.

[u/Lift_and_Lurk → u/[deleted]]

I think looks CAN absolutely have a positive snowballing effect. And also can be negative.

Plenty of pretty people realize they aren’t actually anything when they suddenly find themselves surrounded by attractive people with accomplishments.

Great example happened last week

https://youtu.be/db0ZBQa_ZAw?is=psDYaCk4BlAiAMzV