tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post8244849352830241731..comments2023-11-30T03:44:34.585-05:00Comments on Opinions Nobody Asked For: On Soccer and Attractive PeopleJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11683622475941901572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-50974384447665616732010-07-02T13:30:49.450-04:002010-07-02T13:30:49.450-04:00I've been thinking about this a bit since read...I've been thinking about this a bit since reading your post. And after watching Olivia Munn do terribly on <i>The Daily Show</i> last night, I think I've come to a disagreement with you...<br /><br />You wrote:<br /><i>I understand that the assumption is always going to be that a man who comments on a woman's attractiveness is dismissive of other aspects of her personality.</i><br /><br />I think the problem might actually be the opposite. People wrongly let attractiveness stand in for other abilities/aspects of personality. <br /><br />Sure, Olivia Munn is attractive. But does that mean she's the best/funniest person for The Daily Show's new correspondent position? No. There's probably someone funnier out there who wasn't given the chance. Not because of any assumptions about that other person's ability, but rather because we let Olivia Munn's attractiveness substitute for ability. <br /><br />Maybe these all just run together and don't really cut against each other. But I feel like the people don't really make assumptions about other skills based on a person's attractiveness so much as they allow attractiveness to serve as a sort of universal substitute for ability. If a person is attractive they can use that as a sort of wild card to make up for whatever deficiencies they might have.<br /><br />Sort of like Jon Hamm on <i>30 Rock</i>.<br /><br />Yup, Daily Show and 30 Rock. I am so still-under-30.Matthew B. Novakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441950586412209361noreply@blogger.com