The Hot Delusion: The rise & fall of the beauty canon

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Why is hotness no fun anymore? ?

In today's video, I explore how "hotness" & attraction is changing due to the internet. I use the Dazed article 'Too much exposure to hot people is warping our dating standards' by Juno Kelly as a prompt for this debate.

CW: References to body shaming.

Article link: https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/65066/1/too-much-exposure-to-hot-people-is-warping-our-dating-standards

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Sources:
1. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/08/20/nearly-half-of-u-s-adults-say-dating-has-gotten-harder-for-most-people-in-the-last-10-years/
2. https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2019-76797-001
3. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-017-9289-8
4. https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/casting-the-net/
5. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/16/opinion/dating-apps-hinge-tinder-bumble.html
6. https://www.sensisagency.com/nexus/navigating-gender-landscape-influencer-marketing-why-women-contribute-more-yet-earn-less#:~:text=84%25%20of%20content%20creators%20are,of%20influencers%20monetizing%20their%20content.
7. https://scholarworks.harding.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1058&context=jger#:~:text=Therefore%2C%20there%20is%20a%20higher,as%20sexual%20objectification%20of%20women.&text=Pornography%20affects%20the%20user's%20behavior%20and%20relationships.
8. https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/62627/1/2024-hot-rodent-boyfriend-josh-o-connor-mike-faist-sexy-rat-stuart-little
9. https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/mar/27/return-of-the-dad-bod-survey-finds-people-prefer-a-softer-male-body-type

Chapters:
0:00 An ugly decree
1:25 That’s that Lelo Espresso
3:31 Rating people’s hotness…numerically?
9:43 The Hot-Pocalypse?!
23:12 Announcement

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