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$\begingroup$ So beauty or wit would be the values then? I wonder if in the future everyone could have beauty surgery and gene therapy to be as smart as Einstein and as fairly looking as Gisele Bundchen. That may be a way to circumvent the proposed mechanism of oppression. $\endgroup$
– NoDataDumpNoContribution
Commented Mar 9, 2017 at 16:01
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$\begingroup$ Beauty = youth + health + social signifiers. The signifiers would be the focus of competition, not surgery, usually. When food supplies are uncertain, it takes wealth to be fat, and that is found attractive. When food is plentiful, one must work out to stay thin, and that gets preferred. Wit = education, and education is always socially stratified. $\endgroup$
– Neal
Commented Mar 9, 2017 at 18:27

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