Posted on 07/19/2010 9:21:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In today’s economy, looking good is no longer something we can dismiss as frivolous or vain. How beauty can affect your job, your career, your life.
Most of us have heard the story of Debrahlee Lorenzana, the 33-year-old Queens, N.Y., woman who sued Citibank last month, claiming that, in pencil skirts, turtlenecks, and peep-toe stilettos, she was fired from her desk job for being “too hot.” We’ve also watched Lorenzana’s credibility come into question, as vintage clips of her appearance on a reality-TV show about plastic surgery portray a rambling, attention-obsessed twit, stuffed to the brim with implants and collagen. (“I love plastic surgery,” she coos. “I think it’s the best thing that ever happened.”) Creepy, yes. But for all the talk about this woman’s motives—and whether or not she was indeed fired for her looks—there’s one question nobody seems to want to ask: isn’t it possible Lorenzana’s looks got her the job in the first place?
Not all employers are that shallow—but it’s no secret we are a culture consumed by image. Economists have long recognized what’s been dubbed the “beauty premium”—the idea that pretty people, whatever their aspirations, tend to do better in, well, almost everything. Handsome men earn, on average, 5 percent more than their less-attractive counterparts (good-looking women earn 4 percent more); pretty people get more attention from teachers, bosses, and mentors; even babies stare longer at good-looking faces (and we stare longer at good-looking babies). A couple of decades ago, when the economy was thriving—and it was a makeup-less Kate Moss, not a plastic-surgery-plumped Paris Hilton, who was considered the beauty ideal—we might have brushed off those statistics as superficial.
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As a MENSA member, then you also know that you never begin a sentence with “and”. Sorry; just couldn’t resist”
You should have resisted.
Nothing is grammmatically incorrect about starting a sentence with a conjunction like “and” or “but.” It’s a hyper-correction instilled in many by lazy elementary teachers.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html
Sorry. Not budging on this one. For the record, my measured IQ more than qualifies me for MENSA, but I find that it absurd to join a club that shouts “look how smart I am!”.
Anyway, this all a yawner.
Pathetic.
Two of them but I promised not to tell where the other one is.
When following more than one sentence, to which does it serve as a conjunction?
Starting sentences with ‘And’ is logically ambiguous. But it’s creative advantage is useful. And, it might be a problem to use the style in a legal contract for example. Or not.
“The tatoo is in Hebrew (I think), from where she got married to someone in Israel. I’d love a Jewish Freeper to translate it.”
Do you have a close up photo? I will do my best to study it carefully.
And the horse you rode in on. ;-)
Whipped dog yelps the loudest, son. Have a nice day.
How about “never use the word but, always use, however or nonetheless or regardless.”
I dont think many people know this one because I constantly hear “smart” people using the word.
Beauty is fleeting. Everyone gets old, better to be old and smart than old and stupid.
“Whipped dog yelps the loudest, son. Have a nice day.”
I thought I heard you yelping.
For future reference, to avoid embarassing yourself when proven wrong, admit you are wrong.
It makes you not only look stupid and petty, but silly.
“I dont think many people know this one because I constantly hear “smart” people using the word.”
But alas, using “but” to begin a sentence is grammatically correct.
“However” should never be used to begin a setence.
One should, however, use “however” mid-sentence, to prevent mis-placed emphasis.
Same link posted above.
“Proven” wrong? My my my......we ARE full of ourself, now aren’t we???
Nope, just correct.
Ya know, son, you’re arrogant. I was just jibing you in my original post and your silly little pride sent you ballistic.
Time you did some soul searching. You....have a problem.
P.S. I loathe arrogant people.
The most arrogant people cannot admit when they are incorrect.
Like you.
Her shoes are kick ass nice.
Her ankles are beautiful, also. So much so that they are really the only thing I noticed about her.
I rest my case. Now........go get a hobby, genius. Don’t tangle with me.
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