%% date:: [[2023-01-06]] %% # [[Caste by physical characteristics]] This form describes a social caste or hierarchy based on physical appearances. ## Examples ### Eye color - In [[sources/Book/Dune]], an addiction to and consumption of spice results in blue-on-blue eyes, so those with blue eyes are considered by the non-Fremen residents of Arrakis to "have gone native". ![[readwise/Books/Dune#^9994b8]] - In [[The Way of Kings]], "light-eyes" are nobleborn and "dark-eyes" are the working class. ### Beauty - In [[Book/Uglies]], everyone undergoes surgery when they come of age and given a number that assesses both their beauty as well as their standing in society. ### Gender - In [[We Set the Dark on Fire]], women are not only assigned different roles from men but are also encouraged to fall under one of two stereotypes: the *Primera* is the "useful", cold, and rational one and the *Segunda* is the beautiful idiot. Each man in this world has both.