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Studies show attractive students get more attention and higher evaluations from their teachers, good-looking patients get more personalized care from their doctors, and handsome criminals receive lighter sentences than less attractive convicts. But how much do looks matter at work?

The ugly truth, according to economics professors Daniel Hamermesh of the University of Texas and Jeff Biddle of Michigan State University, is that plain people earn 5 to 10 percent less than people of average looks, who in turn earn 3 to 8 percent less than those deemed good-looking.

These findings concur with other research that shows the penalty for being homely exceeds the premium for beauty and that across all occupations, the effects are greater for men than women.

A London Guildhall University survey of 11,000 33-year-olds found that unattractive men earned 15 percent less than those deemed attractive, while plain women earned 11 percent less than their prettier counterparts. In their report "Beauty, Productivity and Discrimination: Lawyers', Looks and Lucre," Hamermesh and Biddle found that the probability of a male attorney attaining early partnership directly correlates with how handsome he is.

Size matters, too. A study released last year by two professors at the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina found that tall people earn considerably more money throughout their careers than their shorter co-workers, with each inch adding about $789 a year in pay.

A survey of male graduates of the University of Pittsburgh found that the tallest students' average starting salary was 12 percent higher than their shorter colleagues'. The London Guildhall study showed that overweight women are more likely to be unemployed, and that those who are working earn on average five percent less than their trimmer peers.

According to Dr. Gordon Patzer, who has spent more than three decades studying and writing about physical attractiveness, human beings are hard-wired to respond more favorably to attractive people. Even studies of babies show they will look more intently and longer at prettier faces.

"Good-looking men and women are generally judged to be more talented, kind, honest and intelligent than their less attractive counterparts," Patzer says. "Controlled studies show people go out of their way to help attractive people -- of the same and opposite sex -- because they want to be liked and accepted by good-looking people."

This may not sound too pretty to those of us who were dealt a bad hand in the looks department. But don't rush off to try out for the next round of 'Extreme Makeover' just yet.

Despite what the research tells us, some of the world's most successful people have been ordinary looking at best, and you would never mistake the faces in Fortune for the faces in Esquire or Entertainment Weekly. Business legends are often of average height (Bill Gates at 5'9

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мислим да је тачно, али се односи на Запад. Запад је културолошки опредељен ка спољном изгледу (мораш да будеш леп и насмејан, иначе си невидљив). има тога и у другим културама, али ми се чини да није толико изражено. такође, појмови лепоте се разликују од културе до културе.

уосталом, зар вам се никад није десило (макар док нисте спознали истину) да будете мноооооого предусретљивији према некој лепотици која трпће окицама и мазно вас моли да јој помогнете у нечему, него према некој дебелој девојци која муца.

ово са адвокатима ми делује посебно занимљиво, сећам се епизоде Али Мекбил, када она кинескиња (Луси Лиу) и она плава отварају своју канцеларију и праве конкурс за (мушке) партнере, где им у сред разговора траже да скину кошуље... [:)]

MORTALIS HOMO AURA PER KHARONE SERVA

Style over subsistence

Crown of Light. Keeper of The Yoda Chamber. I&I, Righteous Army of One.

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уосталом, зар вам се никад није десило (макар док нисте спознали истину) да будете мноооооого предусретљивији према некој лепотици која трпће окицама и мазно вас моли да јој помогнете у нечему, него према некој дебелој девојци која муца.

Baš je bila jedna naučna emisija na Discovery-ju o tome(i o ostalim faktorima).

Bilo je više situacija kao i faktora,tipa visina..bla bla

 

 

 

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ja samo debelim ribama pomazhem

lepoticama nije potrebna pomoc

tipa namerno ne pomazem kuckici koja ce da mi trepce i da kaze "pliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiz :(((" i se sasvim dobro snalaze, lepi su!

Круле и Лаг су спознали истину!!! [8D][8][:)][;)][:D]

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MORTALIS HOMO AURA PER KHARONE SERVA

Style over subsistence

Crown of Light. Keeper of The Yoda Chamber. I&I, Righteous Army of One.

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уосталом, зар вам се никад није десило (макар док нисте спознали истину) да будете мноооооого предусретљивији према некој лепотици која трпће окицама и мазно вас моли да јој помогнете у нечему, него према некој дебелој девојци која муца

naravno

o tome se i radi

tipa namerno ne pomazem kuckici koja ce da mi trepce i da kaze "pliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiz :(((" i se sasvim dobro snalaze, lepi su!

nije to isto :)

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Slusaj ako si ruzan (Po svojim i tudjim standardima) mozes vrlo dobro da iskoristis to :)

Samo pocnes da kukas po kompaniji da te zapostavlja sef/vlasnik / stavec koji i laganica postajes njegova desna ruka kako bi on izbegao incidente :D

Have you ever noticed that it's only 'perfect' people who are murdered or killed in horrific accidents?

"He was the perfect son" or "She was the perfect daughter."

"Such a tragic accident they were the perfect family."

"They died together, the perfect couple till the end."

Makes me glad I abuse my kids and beat up my wife.

Kind of makes me immortal.

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Istrazivanja pokazuju da u intervjuima za posao, posto je danas jelte svi znamo intervju postao neohpodan i neizbezan pri zaposljavanju da je subjektivnost intervjuiste cesta i ne tako mala. Naime, intervjuisti koji su nalazili slicnosti sa ljudima koje su intervjuisali su pre njih zaposljavali bez obzira da li su sposobniji, inteligentniji oni koji nemaju slicnosti. Naravno, dolazimo i do ovoga, da fizicki izgled jako utice na ocenu intervjuiste ali i nacin oblacenja i neke druge stvari. Zato kazu da prvilo vazi da su visoki ljudi uspesniji od nizih i da problem moze da se resi tako sto ce posotojati vise ljudi koji ocenjuju rad i da se to ocenjivanje treba ponavljati.

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Zato kazu da prvilo vazi da su visoki ljudi uspesniji od nizih i da problem moze da se resi tako sto ce posotojati vise ljudi koji ocenjuju rad i da se to ocenjivanje treba ponavljati.

kod nas mi deluje da nije baš uvek tako.. često su mi niži muškarci pravili probleme, a nikad, ali NIKAD mi se nije desilo da upoznam nižu osobu a da ona ne prokomentariše "u jebote koliki si" ili štagod slično.. ovo ne mora biti zlonamerno, ali može da bude..

zato npr izbegavam da izlazim iz kola kad me zaustave panduri, mada se to generalno preporučuje, kao, time im iskazuješ više poštovanja..

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Kapiram da je tachno , serije i filmovi su isprali lobanje masi , u svakoj seriji oni koji su lepi su dobri , poshteni , iskreni tt(sad ce da krenu primeri u kojima nije tako udrite pozlatilo vam se) a oni ruzhni su neki pacijenti koji oce da sjebu planetu , kapiram da se to uvuklo negde iza u lobanje ljudi i kad vidish mnogo ruzhnog i debelog choveka tripujesh da mora da planira neshto loshe , a kad vidish debelu i ruzhnu ribu tripujesh da mora pod hitno na trchanje i plastichnu :)))

Gotta learn the rules

so i can break dem properly!

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