The Grown & Liberated Love Club™

Have you watched "Let's Marry Harry"? IYKYK. If you did you know I don't actually want to "bury" Harry or Jason, Jamal, Mike, Chris, Marcus, etc. But can we at least start holding tall, handsome men to a higher standard of character? Listen in and let's talk about why that girl was so smitten she ate his booger (I wish I was lying) in the first few episodes.

Research Citations

Dion, K., Berscheid, E., & Walster, E. (1972). What is beautiful is good. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 24(3), 285–290. [Empirical / experimental social psychology. Cited for the attractiveness halo: personality traits attributed from photographs alone. All three authors women.]

Eagly, A. H., Ashmore, R. D., Makhijani, M. G., & Longo, L. C. (1991). What is beautiful is good, but...: A meta-analytic review of research on the physical attractiveness stereotype. Psychological Bulletin, 110, 109–128. [Empirical meta-analysis. Cited for the finding that the halo is strongest for social competence and smallest for integrity and concern for others. Lead author Alice Eagly.]

Sigall, H., & Ostrove, N. (1975). Beautiful but dangerous: Effects of offender attractiveness and nature of crime on juridic judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [Empirical, mock-juror lab study. Cited for attractiveness producing leniency for burglary and harsher judgment for a swindle where attractiveness was instrumental to the crime. Co-author Nina Ostrove.]

Host interpretation, stated on air: applying attractiveness-halo and juridic-judgment research, originally concerned with impression formation and mock jury decisions, to reality television casting and to partner selection in dating is Candice Harper’s framing, not the researchers’ finding.

Height research, stated on air: the male-taller norm is documented in the sociological literature. The specific percentages circulating online are largely untraceable to primary sources and are deliberately not cited in this episode.

Song Featured

A Long Walk by Jill Scott. Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1, Hidden Beach Recordings, 2000; single released January 2001. Written by Jill Scott and Andre Harris. Produced by Andre Harris and Vidal Davis. Female songwriter credit verified.

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