"Ugly? You May Have a Case." An interesting abstract about a call for legal protection for the ugly:

"A more radical solution may be needed: why not offer legal protections to the ugly, as we do with racial, ethnic and religious minorities, women and handicapped individuals"

I feel like there a lot of underpinnings when policy of this type is pushed. What if I'm not naturally athletic and want to play football because professional football players make a lot of money? Should the state advocate on behalf of those types? One can work at being more attractive just like one can work at becoming more athletic. Granted, that's not a great analogy as there are some naturally ugly people who don't have much of a choice if they worked at it or not.

Should the state legally protect and advocate on behalf of those who "suffer" any type of what may be called a "shortcoming"?