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Men are judged more harshly. Men need to pay a photographer to have their picture taken.

> This double disadvantages ..women?

Sorry, I don't follow you.

Especially since women's unrealistic judgement is to blame. Women are, objectively, rating men all wrong:

https://www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/how-men-and-women-rat...

(I just pulled the first article that has the famous Okcupid graph.)



"blame" and "wrong" being words you brought to the table not I. So, in agreeing the bias exists, I don't cast the same emphasis as you in the situation. I see this as women demonstrably are being asked to accept lower standards than endogenously they seem as a set to believe in. To me thats a net cost on women, against their own beliefs. To you, they are to "blame" and they are "wrong"

I did say disadvantage. I own that word here. In fact, the situation disadvantages men just as much: either project an unrealistic version of yourself or be cast aside. But, thats the singular burden on men, because Women are being advised both to accept "less" and to believe the best they see, which is an artifact of professional portraiture. I've seen myself in candid shots and in pro shots and the pro shots are not me: I don't usually wear a shirt without food stains, and like George washington I am careful about my smile.




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