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On this topic, there was recently a Swedish study on economics student that showed how the grades dropped for attractive female students during the pandemic (di
by suddenclarity 4y ago
On this topic, there was recently a Swedish study on economics student that showed how the grades dropped for attractive female students during the pandemic (distance learning). The grades for men and less attractive women remained the same.
https://www.forskning.se/2022/10/25/studenters-utseende-kan-paverka-betygen https://www.forskning.se/2022/10/25/studenters-utseende-kan-...
- airocker 4y agoThere should be a term for this : beautism. Eg usage: This lady is a victim of beautism.
- flappyeagle 4y agoYou got it reversed
- usui 4y agoIt could still hurt long-term. They could arguably be made a victim from such treatment. Some people, applying to either men and women, get shocked when their youthful appearance doesn't work as well anymore for social or team dynamics.
- luckylion 4y agoA similar argument: a billionaire could find themselves embarrassed when they run into something that cannot be bought because they don't care about money. But to conclude from that that being a billionaire hurts your chances in life seems ridiculous.
- DoreenMichele 4y agoIt's actually problematic if people react weirdly to you being pretty or otherwise attractive and effectively give you inaccurate feedback concerning the quality of your work. I think this is part why Theranos was such a debacle. I have difficulty imagining a company led by a man being valued at $10 billion based on a lot of hot air and then going to zero overnight as happened with Theranos.
- xenocratus 4y agoWeWork. Need I say more?
- PartiallyTyped 4y agoYes please, I don't have a datapoint regarding WeWork so I don't know what you are referring to.
- DoreenMichele 4y agoI've heard that before. I don't think it really compares. You go to the Wikipedia page for Theranos and it opens with "Theranos Inc. was an American privately held corporation..." WeWork still exists. It has a fraught history but did not go overnight from a multi-billion dollar valuation to zero. Neumann also had prior business experience, was older and had a business partner, so he had a lot more street cred for whatever hype he was selling than Holmes did. Holmes was a 19 year old college drop out with no track record who claimed to be celibate in her twenties due to her extreme devotion to her company. In reality, she was secretly living with an older man who was an investor in her company. I really don't think the two compare.
- TacticalCoder 4y ago> I have difficulty imagining a company led by a man being valued at $10 billion based on a lot of hot air and then going to zero overnight as happened with Theranos. FTX / SBF.
- DoreenMichele 4y agoA much better example than WeWork.
- MisterBastahrd 4y agoIs it problematic? Certainly not for the employee. Surely there's about a 10-20 year span where this person is getting ahead due to factors that are external to their work before age starts to take its toll on their looks. A bald, average-looking, overweight man and a slim, attractive man with a full head of hair with the exact same production will not be treated the same in most companies. Of the two, the more attractive guy will be seen as management material. A future face of the company. So they will get promoted first. And once they get ahead, they're not giving that lead up, because these comparisons will happen again and again at leach level. And the Theranos woman? Her connections got her the fame she needed, and she then relied on cultish tropes to trick folks into giving her money. Even with hours in a makeup chair, she's barely even attractive at all.
- xhevahir 4y agoThere already is a term, "lookism."
- airocker 4y agoLookism should be opposite of beautism .