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Yeah, I heard he was an actor. I watched some of the movies he was in, but I didn't see any acting. :rimshot: Anyway, getting back to your original point, corr
by noelwelsh 13y ago
Yeah, I heard he was an actor. I watched some of the movies he was in, but I didn't see any acting. :rimshot:
Anyway, getting back to your original point, correlation between height and income is well established (e.g. http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/standing.aspx http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/standing.aspx) It doesn't seem unreasonable to suppose that other aspects of an imposing presence, like muscularity, would also effect income. (Up to a point. I think there is social pressure against excesses of muscularity.)
- jtheory 13y agoHeight correlates with income; an appearance of health and vitality is likely important; but I highly doubt muscularity beyond what you'd get from a normal healthy lifestyle and good genes will have a positive influence on how others judge you in the world at large (at the gym or similar context is different, of course). I don't know what research has been done, but my own snap judgements of unusually muscular people tend to be negative; couple the muscles with an exaggerated strut and they go strongly negative.
- iopq 13y agoI have really bad genes, this is why I have to lift to look like someone with good genes.
- jacques_chester 13y agoI joke that I wear my coke-bottle glasses to avoid been mistaken for a professional rugby league player. It's half true. The stereotype of a meathead is neatly offset by the stereotype of an arch-nerd.