I remember a day in 7th grade Health Studies class where the teacher asked us to raise our hands which was more important in a partner: looks or personality? He asked for those of us who thought looks were more important to raise our hands first.
As someone who had little frontal-cortical activation at that age, I still knew the dilemma. If I raised my hand in favor of looks, I was being honest about my preference, but that it would make me look shallow, garner dislike amongst my classmates, and most likely crush the feelings of those who felt they were unattractive. There's no way that thought didn't play out in nearly everyone else's head, as well.
Only a 3 or 4 students, including mys