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  • Army email advising use of 'average looking women' in photos draws fire

    11/21/2013 10:03:19 AM PST · by JoeProBono · 35 replies
    upi ^ | Nov. 21, 2013 | Evan Bleier
    The U.S. Army is drawing some unfriendly fire about an email obtained by POLITICO recommending that photos of “average-looking women” should be used for stories about female soldiers. The email, written by Col. Lynette Arnhart, was meant to advise Army spokespeople about how they should educate the public about the Army’s integration of women into combat. “In general, ugly women are perceived as competent while pretty women are perceived as having used their looks to get ahead,” Arnhart wrote. “There is a general tendency to select nice looking women when we select a photo to go with an article (where...