首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
It’s no secret we are a culture consumed by image. Economists have long recognized what’s been dubbed the "beauty premium" the i
It’s no secret we are a culture consumed by image. Economists have long recognized what’s been dubbed the "beauty premium" the i
admin
2013-12-21
39
问题
It’s no secret we are a culture consumed by image. Economists have long recognized what’s been dubbed the "beauty premium" the idea that pretty people, whatever their aspirations, tend to do better in, well, almost everything. Handsome men earn, on average, 5 percent more than their less-attractive counterparts(good-looking women earn 4 percent more); pretty people get more attention from teachers, bosses, and mentors; even babies stare longer at good-looking faces(and we stare longer at good-looking babies). A couple of decades ago, when the economy was thriving, we might have brushed off those statistics as superficial. But in 2010, there’s a growing bundle of research to show that our bias against the unattractive is more pervasive than ever. And when it comes to the workplace, it’s looks, not merit, that all too often rule.
Newsweek surveyed 202 corporate hiring managers, from human-resources staff to senior-level vice presidents, as well as 964 members of the public, only to confirm what no qualified(or unqualified)employee wants to admit: from hiring to office politics to promotions, even, looking good is no longer something we can dismiss as frivolous(轻浮的)or vain. Fifty-seven percent of hiring managers said qualified but unattractive candidates are likely to have a harder time landing a job, while more than half advised spending as much time and money on "making sure they look attractive" as on perfecting a resume. Asked to rank employee attributes in order of importance, meanwhile, managers placed looks above education: of nine character traits, it came in third, below experience(No. 1)and confidence(No. 2)but above "where a candidate went to school"(No. 4). Does that mean you should drop out of Harvard and invest in a nose job? Probably not. But a state school might be just as marketable. "This is the new reality of the job market," says one New York recruiter. "It’s better to be average and good-looking than brilliant and unattractive."
Today’s working women have achieved "equality": they dominate the workforce, they are household breadwinners, and so they balk(犹豫)at having to subvert their sexuality, whether in the boardroom or on the beach. Yet while the outside-work milieu(周围环境)might accept the empowered yet feminine ideal, the workplace surely doesn’t. Studies show that unattractive women remain at a disadvantage in low-level positions like secretary, while in upper-level fields that are historically male-dominated, good-looking women can suffer a so-called bimbo effect. They are viewed as too feminine, less intelligent, and less competent not only by men but also by their female peers.
What can we learn from the survey conducted by Newsweek?
选项
A、A perfect resume does not matter in hunting a job.
B、Beautiful people tend to be more self-confident.
C、Beauty is an advantage for anyone with any education.
D、Cosmetic surgery is suggested to make people more competitive.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/QL17777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
TheHappinessEffectThenexttimeyougettheflu,therewillalmostcertainlybesomeoneyoucanblameforyourpain.Ther
Joyandsadnessareexperiencedbypeopleinallculturesaroundtheworld,buthowcanwetellwhenotherpeoplearehappyord
Tosaythatcheatsneverprosperistoelevatehopeoverexperience.Moderntechnology,intheformofminiaturecameras,smart
We’vebecomearathergerm-phobic(恐惧症的)society,whatwithourantibacterialsoaps,handsanitizers,automaticwaterfaucets(水龙
Withrapidgrowthofworldpopulation,mainlyindevelopingcountries,theavailablecultivablelandperpersonhasdeclinedste
A、Theirfinancialconditions.B、Theirpersonalcharacters.C、Theirmaritalstatus.D、Theirlovetowardstheirspouses.C推理判断题。短文
______(关于如何教育学生的问题),everyteacherhashisorheruniquestyle.
Plato,anancientGreekphilosopher,believedthatmenaredividedintothreeclasses:gold,silverandbronze.VilfredoPareto
Thelocaleducationauthoritycompiledalistof"potentialsecurityproblems"oncampuslastweek.Theyincludefireaccidents,
A、Visithisclassthisevening.B、TaketheexamnextMonday.C、VisithisclassnextMonday.D、Preparefortheexamthisevening.
随机试题
状态转换方法目前主要有三种实现方法:____________、有色Petri-Net和语言/应用编程接口。
国家运用行政手段直接协调和控制微观经济主体的经济行为,这是
下列容易发生呼吸性酸中毒的是
关于公司的财务行为,下列哪些选项是正确的?(2014年卷三第71题)
下列不是债券基金的投资风险的是( )。
依照《中华人民共和国证券投资基金法》的规定,下列不属于基金托管人职责的是()。
可以对有关责任人员从轻、减轻或者免予采取证券市场禁人措施的情形包括()。I.主动消除或者减轻违法行为危害后果的Ⅱ.配合查处违法行为有立功表现的Ⅲ.受他人指使、胁迫有违法行为,且能主动交代违法行为的Ⅳ.其他可以
否定之否定规律是在自然、社会和人类思维领域普遍起作用的规律,它在()。
甲赠与乙房屋一间,条件是:乙必须与甲结婚,该民事法律行为()。
Untilaround1930fewUnitedStatesCivilWarhistorianspaidmuchattentiontoSouthernerswhoopposedthe1861-1865secession
最新回复
(
0
)