Glasses are seen as a sign of intelligence because intelligence correlates with having a good education - and (especially historically) so does being able to afford glasses.
I’m pretty sure in a few cases at least it’s because academics don’t consider eye health and stare at things way to close for way too long for days, weeks, months on end which damages their vision
Glasses are seen as a sign of intelligence because intelligence correlates with having a good education - and (especially historically) so does being able to afford glasses.
I’m pretty sure in a few cases at least it’s because academics don’t consider eye health and stare at things way to close for way too long for days, weeks, months on end which damages their vision
Don’t think that’s true.
https://opto.ca/eye-health-library/reading-myths-debunked https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/eye-health-myths-and-facts https://news.uthscsa.edu/myth-or-fact-can-sitting-too-close-to-the-tv-hurt-your-eyes-will-wearing-glasses-weaken-your-eyes-test-your-knowledge/
I guess maybe “a few” could be true but that’s probably true of anything, like ants damaging vision, and so glasses are a sign of having ants
Wearing glasses strongly correlates with how much time you spent outside as a kid. Less time outside = more likely to wear glasses
I mean most countries have insurance and eyeglasses are free.
I did say “historically”
The thing about stereotypes is they tend to persist for a long time, even after they are no longer true (if they even ever were)
I fucking wish! My glasses are the sixth most expensive thing I own after my bike, my computer, my bed, my phone, and my TV!
Actually might have been more expensive than the TV, not sure.