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Because sex sells. Where you not aware of this by now? This has been proven to death by now. And by sex I don't mean the copulation act, but just seeing very h
by ChuckNorris89 4y ago
Because sex sells. Where you not aware of this by now? This has been proven to death by now.
And by sex I don't mean the copulation act, but just seeing very handsome and attractive people that trigger your primal mating desires, works in advertising when trying to convince people to buy something from you or give you something (a product, a service, an idea, their time, their money, their attention, their assistance, etc.)
It's why many recruiters, especially in tech, tend to be the attractive female type as it works well enough on the majority male demographic this career attracts.
And why most successful sales people, and to a large degree, managers who managed to climb 'the ladder', tend to be on the tall, athletic, attractive side.
This is completely anecdotal, but I've never ever seen conventionally short males in upper management in any company I worked at so far. It's as if it was a 'jocks club' and you needed the right physique to join.
- karmakurtisaani 4y agoA funny observation: I've had the best response rate and relationships with recruiters who are regular looking men. The attractive female recruiters mostly just send a message with the job info, but completely bail when you ask for a salary range and remote work policy. Maybe they get such a large number of replies that they don't need to bother with the ones asking difficult questions.
- texasbigdata 4y agoThere was an academic paper about this recently; we’re aware of “Asian” as a bias but not “physically attractive” and disproportionately favor the more pleasing individuals.
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoWhat's the "Asian" bias? That sounds like an US thing. It it the stereotype that Asians are good at STEM?