in the land of the hideous, the somewhat-less-than-loathsome man is king

OKCupid, an online matchmaking site, offers data on gender and perceived attractiveness that I might use in my spring deviance course (via boing). The figures might help me make a Durkheimian society of (hot) saints point about the relative nature of beauty and a Goffman point on stigma affecting social interaction, while providing another illustration … Continue reading in the land of the hideous, the somewhat-less-than-loathsome man is king