Beauty

That gorgeous people get preferential treatment is a not-too-pretty fact of life, long attributed to the halo effect. Now there's evidence that beauty and intelligence (and other positive characteristics) go hand in hand. Evolutionary psychologists have opened a tantalizing line of inquiry onto age-old questions about beauty, and not a moment too soon. Clinical psychologists observe that men and women alike appear more concerned than ever with attractiveness and perceived physical imperfections.

The Truth About Beauty: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Beguiling Truth About Beauty

You're more attractive than you think.

by Carlin Flora

How to Feel More Attractive

Feeling beautiful comes from the inside.

by PT Staff

Why I Hate Beauty

Beauty makes us miserable.

by Michael Levine,Hara Estroff Marano

All stereotypes are true, except... II: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?

by Satoshi Kanazawa in The Scientific Fundamentalist

All stereotypes are true, except... III: "Beauty is only skin deep"

Is beauty only skin deep?

by Satoshi Kanazawa in The Scientific Fundamentalist

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Attractiveness and Genetic Fitness

Do Attractive Men Have Better Sperm?

The what-is-beautiful-is-good effect.

by Gad Saad, Ph.D. in Homo Consumericus

Beautiful people are more intelligent I

Maybe beauty isn't just skin-deep.

by Satoshi Kanazawa in The Scientific Fundamentalist

Beautiful people are more intelligent II

Maybe beauty isn't just skin-deep.

by Satoshi Kanazawa in The Scientific Fundamentalist

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When Appearance is an Obsession

In the Name of Beauty

A neighborhood plastic surgeon talks about rhinoplasty and art.

by Willow Lawson

Body Image at Age Nine

My daughter is thin but thinks she's fat.

by Nando Pelusi

Skinny Sweepstakes

The perfect body is now part of the perfect resume, and colleges have become incubators of eating disorders.

by Hara Estroff Marano

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My perception is my truth. by Dara Chadwick
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Beauty Blogs

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    Shake Your Beauty

    A wellness writer explores fresh and relevant topics in beauty and fitness.
    By Marissa Kristal
  • Dara Chadwick

    You'd Be So Pretty If...

    How to teach your daughter to love her body--even when you don't love your own.
    By Dara Chadwick

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