Exceptional beauty

August 9, 2010

In the real world, would someone as pretty as Jennifer Beals be accepted and taken seriously in a welding gig?

Now, we’ve all heard how good looks can help one’s career. However, a new study published in the Journal of Social Psychology has found that beauty can work against women when applying for jobs considered “masculine”, that is jobs with titles such as construction supervisor, director of finance and manager of R&D.

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