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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 July 2024. Aesthetically unfavorable characteristic The Ugly Duchess (painting by Quentin Matsys, c. 1513) Unattractiveness or ugliness is the degree to which a person's physical features are considered aesthetically unfavorable. Terminology Ugliness is a property of a person or thing that is ...
From 1867 to 1974, various cities of the United States had unsightly beggar ordinances, retroactively named ugly laws. [1] These laws targeted poor people and disabled people. For instance, in San Francisco a law of 1867 deemed it illegal for "any person, who is diseased, maimed, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or ...
v. t. e. Lookism is prejudice or discrimination toward people who are considered to be physically unattractive, and bases perception of all other qualities, such as intelligence and abilities, on a person’s physical appearance. It occurs in a variety of settings, including dating, social environments, and workplaces. [1]
Curmudgeon: [13] An ill-tempered, grumpy or surly old man (although the term is most often applied to old men, it can be used more broadly: for example, in the 2008 film Marley & Me, John Grogan, a forty-year-old man, is called a curmudgeon for complaining about the prevalence of aesthetically ugly high-rise condos popping up in his city).
Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM), draws a distinction between paraphilias (which it describes as atypical sexual interests) and paraphilic disorders (which additionally require the experience of distress, impairment in functioning, and/or ...
George W. Bush was often referred to as "The Ugly American" in part because of his stance on foreign policies. [29][30][31] In 2007, Presidential hopeful John McCain outlined a series of measures to roll back Bush policies and counter the "ugly American" image. [32] Numerous opinion pieces have accused President Donald Trump of behaving in a ...
The movement was intended to give all individuals with disabilities equal rights and opportunities. Until the 1970s, ableism in the United States was often codified into law. For example, in many jurisdictions, so-called "ugly laws" barred people from appearing in public if they had diseases or disfigurements that were considered unsightly. [19]
The List (. South Park. ) " The List " is the fourteenth episode and season finale of the eleventh season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 167th episode of the series overall. [1][2] It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 14, 2007. In the episode, the fourth grade girls have made a secret ...