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The Beauty Advantage (Better to be average but good looking than brillant but unattractive?)
Newsweek ^
| 07/19/2010
| Jessica Bennett
Posted on 07/19/2010 9:21:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
Are they saying Obamie is an airhead? /s
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:24:16 AM PDT
by
Ancient Drive
(DRINK COFFEE! - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy!)
To: SeekAndFind
Aside from the adult industry, I imagine there are jobs where employers would prefer to choose something for their looks to attract people that say, such as for car sales.
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:25:09 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The Founders revolted for less.)
To: SeekAndFind
Some can pull it off. From the MENSA website:
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:27:11 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
To: wastedyears
There are lots of job where it makes sense for the employers to be “lookist.” Those women who squirt you with perfume in department stores, etc. Any business that is selling image, such as clothing retail, shoes, cosmetics and things like that have a right to project the king of image they are selling.
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:29:17 AM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: SeekAndFind
If my observations are worth anything, relatively few scientists were hired for their looks.
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:31:27 AM PDT
by
freespirited
(There are a lot of bad Republicans but there are no good Democrats.--Ann Coulter)
To: SeekAndFind
uh, yeah, like they needed a study (Taxpayer funder, surely) to figure this out?
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:34:17 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: freespirited
If my observations are worth anything, relatively few scientists were hired for their looks.
True, but if you want to be the one scientist who gets name recognition and gets interviewed it certainly helps. Try watching The Universe on the Science Channel. They seem to favor hot women with multiple PHDs over the frumpy professors with similar credentials.
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:37:31 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: SeekAndFind
From the same people who made the astounding discovery that men are different from women.
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:44:06 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("O nation miserable . . . when shalt thou see thy wholesome days again . . . .?")
To: SeekAndFind
Lets be honest here folks, how many jobs really require vast amounts of intellect versus just requiring repetitive and predictable behavior? Given that, an average intelligence person who easy on the eyes with a nice disposition will win hands down. Who wants an ugly bored MENSA witch around all day?
To: Mr Ramsbotham
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:49:05 AM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: equalitybeforethelaw
Not all MENSA members are unattractive:
IQ 156.
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:50:31 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Nothing to see here. Move along.)
To: SeekAndFind
While watching a football game, who would you rather serve you wings and pour your beer....Rosie O’Donnell or Jessica Alba???
To: TheThirdRuffian
“Not all MENSA members are unattractive: IQ 156.”
Was there a picture with this post or am I to assume you are smoking hot?
To: SeekAndFind
This phenomenon has always been true. It is deemed the halo effect in psychology.
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:53:02 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: SeekAndFind
Newsweek remains a laughingstock.
I am not so attractive, but brilliant, and I remain well-employed no matter how bad the economy.
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:53:45 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: SeekAndFind
We ugly people have known this all our lives.
To: SeekAndFind
I once owned a company and needed to hire an in-house attorney, who would report directly to me.
One of the applicants was an outrageously gorgeous woman. My heart skipped a beat the minute I saw her.
I knew right away I wouldn’t hire her, because I didn’t want to deal with the distraction of being attracted to her, especially given that I was engaged at the time.
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:56:37 AM PDT
by
Maceman
To: TheThirdRuffian
She has a tattoo on her forearm and is dressed like a tart. Which goes to show you can be a genius and still not be that bright.
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posted on
07/19/2010 9:57:28 AM PDT
by
Durus
(The People have abdicated our duties and anxiously hopes for just two things, "Bread and Circuses")
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