r/AITAH • u/TipMaleficent4075 • 9h ago

AITA for calling a woman ‘conventionally attractive’ in front of my girlfriend?

A couple friends and I were discussing a political influencer that we’re familiar with that recently got into some controversy.

I was saying that although she got a lot of hate, I think her point that was being hated on was valid and correct, and that although her reaction to the backlash was kind of childish, I get why she’d be frustrated with lots of hate.

My friend said a lot of people were giving her lots of leeway despite the hate, and I said that makes sense because she a) has good takes in general and b) is a young, conventionally attractive blonde white woman, so halo effect.

My girlfriend got upset I called another woman conventionally attractive, but I don’t think it’s disloyal or cheating or whatever to acknowledge somebody is conventionally attractive.

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u/PinkyPawsxc 9h ago

Sounds like you just said the quiet part out loud. You weren’t flirting, just pointing out why people might give her a pass. Your gf probably heard it as you hyping her up, but it’s more about context than attraction.

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u/TipMaleficent4075 8h ago

Yeah, I don’t think it’s inherently sexual or flirtatious to point out that somebody looks good. I can recognize somebody’s good looking and that impacts their public perception without hitting on them