Ugly Privilege y Pretty Privilege. The privilege of to be ugly and to be handsome. This is the new debate that has been born on TikTok, due to the virality that has originated with the first concept more recently. This new duality has reached users as a result of several videos published on the Internet, which discuss the advantages of ugly privilege. But what does this new phenomenon really consist of?
The privilege of being ugly is a provocative idea that originates around how society treats people perceived as less attractive or unconventional in terms of beauty, as some of the Internet users who have investigated this topic have explained in their videos. Despite being conceived as something negative (being ugly) for part of society, this term is quite the opposite. He ugly privilege points out that people who do not fit certain beauty standards can experience certain benefits for this very reason.
video/7394974990082460933" data-video-id="7394974990082460933">@sarahs.tok just a little explanation of what i mean when i say i have “ugly privilege”. #uglyprivilege #letmeexplain #doesthismakesense ♬ original sound – Sarah
video/7397944475307314478" data-video-id="7397944475307314478">@theniffermy How do yall feel about this topic? #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #uglyprivelege #viral #trend #trending ♬ original sound – Niffermy
And in this aspect, it is in which several users have given their reasons why being unattractive has certain positive points. The first thing they highlight is not feeling the pressure to “be pretty”, which frees them from maintaining certain beauty standards and complying with certain trends associated with fashion or makeup. Secondly, several Internet users who have published about this trend have stated in their videos that people who are not seen as attractive may experience less “harassment or seeing someone as a sexual object compared to those who are perceived as beautiful”. In this sense, one of the tiktokers that has become most viral on this topic, @sarahs.tokhas pointed out that “It’s not that I necessarily think that I am an ugly person. But when I say I have the privilege of being ugly, what I mean is that men, in general, don’t find me attractive. Mostly men think I’m ugly and leave me alone. And for me, that is a privilege,” he explains in one of his famous publications on this issue.
video/7238546760501595398" data-video-id="7238546760501595398">@eatsleepandrepent being ugly is a blessing in disguise #beautyprivilege ♬ original sound – rub bunny – MAGDIARY
video/7193977476371025153" data-video-id="7193977476371025153">@sunnybreadkr i need to do part 2 bc there is more !! #prettyprivilegeexists #prettyprivilege ♬ original sound – Rising Sunng – SUNNYHOUS
He pretty privilagethe other side of the coin
On the other hand, there is the second point of view of debate created in networks. It is about the pretty privilagethe privilege of being handsome and that he has found in the ugly privilage his response ironically. This trend refers to the advantages that those people who are seen as beautiful can experience, such as being treated more favorably and having more opportunities and benefits. This privilege focuses “only on one aspect, being handsome,” explain some of these Internet users on TikTok.
video/7357404590087736609" data-video-id="7357404590087736609">@chatwithkay especially if you have been ugly before you will notice the difference in how they treat you now. #prettyprivilege # curved #storytime ♬ original sound – kay🦋🤍
The main benefit that many refer to is having “more romantic dates.” In this way, they justify this point with the fact that “attractive people tend to have more luck in love experiences, since they are seen as more desirable by their potential partners.” By having a better physique, you have more «opportunities to attract people»these Internet users point out. Another advantage lies in the workplace. In this sense, they argue that “handsome people are more likely to be hired, since a good appearance always helps.”
video/7418696349002059054" data-video-id="7418696349002059054">@dianaboscan_ Pretty privilege #prettyprivilege #gossip #women ♬ original sound – Diana Boscan
However, there are some who claim that being part of the pretty privilage may have some disadvantages, such as harassment, certain negative connotations and, despite having more options in love, there is the possibility of maintaining “only superficial relationships.”
