Summary Of Ugly You May Have A Case By Daniel Hamermesh
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The article Ugly? You May Have a Case by Daniel S. Hamermesh has a very distinct style to it. Hamermesh chose to spend most of his essay addressing potential objections to his proposal that we should compensate unattractive people for society’s prejudicial attitudes towards them. This was not a good way for Hamermesh to support his proposal. I believe that he needs more hard core evidence to support his claim that attractive people have it easier. Hamermesh also has issues within his piece defining his audience. When this article is distributed to such a large audience such as The New York Times, it will be read by both attractive people (who probably won’t agree with his claim) and unattractive people (who are either for his claim or believe