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'''The Ugly Laws''', enforced across various U.S. cities between 1867 and 1974, were some of the most blatant examples of legalized lookism in modern history. These laws weren’t just about disability. They were about punishing anyone whose existence visually offended society’s shallow ideals; being sub-5. They were social purity codes. A direct attack on the visibly undesirable. | '''The Ugly Laws''', enforced across various U.S. cities between 1867 and 1974, were some of the most blatant examples of legalized [[lookism]] in modern history. These laws weren’t just about disability. They were about punishing anyone whose existence visually offended society’s shallow ideals; being sub-5. They were social purity codes. A direct attack on the visibly undesirable. | ||
Anyone too asymmetrical, malformed, visibly poor, scarred, hunched, or simply “off” was marked as socially contaminating. The state didn’t just tolerate look-based hierarchy. It codified it. For anyone living beneath society’s arbitrary attractiveness threshold, this wasn’t some abstract theory. It was the blackpill in legal form. Each state had their own interpretation of what was considered "Deformed, ill-looking, disfigured" And underwent their own City Beautification Projects to establish their social purity. | Anyone too asymmetrical, malformed, visibly poor, scarred, hunched, or simply “off” was marked as socially contaminating. The state didn’t just tolerate look-based hierarchy. It codified it. For anyone living beneath society’s arbitrary attractiveness threshold, this wasn’t some abstract theory. It was the blackpill in legal form. Each state had their own interpretation of what was considered "Deformed, ill-looking, disfigured" And underwent their own [[City Beautification Projects]] to establish their social purity. | ||
==Origin and Evolution of the Ugly Laws== | ==Origin and Evolution of the Ugly Laws== | ||
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The laws weren’t symbolic. They were actively enforced. Cops, judges, and public officials acted as aesthetic gatekeepers. A malformed jaw, a missing limb, visible burns, or even just asymmetry could get you fined, removed, or publicly humiliated. | The laws weren’t symbolic. They were actively enforced. Cops, judges, and public officials acted as aesthetic gatekeepers. A malformed jaw, a missing limb, visible burns, or even just asymmetry could get you fined, removed, or publicly humiliated. | ||
It wasn’t about danger. It was about chad and female comfort. Ugly people were labeled disturbing, not because they hurt anyone, but because they broke the illusion of visual perfection that society wanted to project. | It wasn’t about danger. It was about [[chad]] and [[female]] comfort. Ugly people were labeled disturbing, not because they hurt anyone, but because they broke the illusion of visual perfection that society wanted to project. | ||
A bad bone structure was seen as a threat to soyciety. | A bad [[bone structure]] was seen as a threat to [[soyciety]]. | ||
==Dehumanization of Sub-5s== | ==Dehumanization of Sub-5s== | ||