Posted on 04/23/2015 4:16:59 PM PDT by Beave Meister
A new study seems to confirm what we'll call the “Kit Harington Effect," which holds that a man's hunkiness may in fact prove an obstacle to his career. Research from the University of Maryland suggests that good-looking men sometimes have difficulty getting jobs in competitive environments, like sales, because they are subconsciously perceived as a threat to those in charge of hiring.
Considering previous research has suggested that handsome men make more money, are perceived as more competent (attractive women, on the other hand, are often seen as less competent), and are more successful in closing big deals, that threat might not be totally imagined.
Even so, sorry it’s hard out there for you hunks. You might not get a job, but take solace that somewhere, Mr. Harington is playing a tiny, beautiful violin in your honor.
(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...
I don’t know how to post pics on FR....
Beautiful people ALWAYS threaten others for any number of reasons.
Beauty fades. Real, longstanding beauty starts to shine through after that.
Good liar too.
lol
yes
Now that I’m getting fat, old and ugly, life is getting much easier. As a former handsome sob someone always had it in for me at every job I’ve ever had. Mostly women too, but occasionally guys. Now everyone likes me. Handsomeness was a burden.
It has been difficult but I’ll soldier thru it
So this must be why unemployment lines look like a casting call for Ken dolls.
Nice!
The best is real beauty inside and out.
Tell me about it!
#16.Doesn’t it just kill you to find a beautiful girl just as you are leaving some place.
It happened to me three times, and I still cry.
One was my teammate’s sister. WOW. However, he said she was a “***”. I left it at that.
ANother was the younger sister of an older girl I went out with. Another WOW. Never got to meet her though.
Third was an airline stewardess (Pan-AM) flight from the Philippines to LA.She had just moved to San Francisco from DC, and I was going back to DC after some time in Nam and Cambodia. A goddess and wonderful person at 35,000 feet.
I WOULD HAVE MARRIED HER AS SOON AS WE LANDED. UNFORTUNATELY WE GOT SEPARATED. OH THE HORRORS OF IT ALL.
At least with my wife of 43 years, I got one of 5 beautiful sisters. She still looks good after all these years and she can cook.
Hey, wait a minute!
He's already said 'screw the Constitution' on so many other things, why would he not try to 'screw' the term limits?
I’ll let you know after my next surgery. Pretty sure this one will do it ..
I once dated one of those girls who are about as pretty and hot as they come.
We went to the movies then spent a couple of hours doing nothing. For some reason we just did not hit it off. I mean it could not have gone much worse. I don’t think there was anything wrong with her, we just were not meant to be.
I will say she did not seem quite as attractive the rest of the Summer.
It’s tough, I tell ya.
I SO feel your pain!
Bah humbug, the pretty boys peddle their asses to the homos in charge.
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