Posted on 11/29/2005 12:38:34 PM PST by Millee
Attractive people may sometimes have a leg up in climbing corporate ladders. But sexy presentation on its own can work against women who are already well up the ladder.
In a new study, men and women where shown videos of a businesswoman discussing her backgrounds and hobbies. In different tests, she played the part of either a receptionist or a manager. And in one round she wore flat shoes, slacks, and a turtleneck, all considered typical professional attire. In the other, she donned high-heels, a tight skirt, and a low-cut blouse.
The test subjects rated the businesswoman on competence and guessed at her college GPA and the quality of her Alma Mater.
The sexy outfit didn't affect their assessment of the receptionist. But the sexy manager was viewed as less competent.
"A female manager whose appearance emphasized her sexiness elicited less positive emotions, more negative emotions, and perceptions of less competence on a subjective rating scale and less intelligence on an objective scale," the researchers write in the December issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly. "Although various media directed toward women …encourage women to emphasize their sex appeal, our results suggest that women in high status occupations may have to resist this siren call to obtain the respect of their co-workers."
The research was led by Peter Glick, a professor of Psychology at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
I work at a Western-themed resort. My boss only lets me wear the six-shooter outside ("Jill, some of our guests get nervous around guns.")
snardius, with that long hook nose of yours and those coke bottom glasses.
snort!
You, are killing me!
; < )
that is sooo cool! Talk about not corporate.
Boots, hat, gunbelt, cell phone.
It was a weird day.
(Oh, sorry... you asked what the women wore today!)
no sweetie I am talking about
while we are suppose to be WORKING
LOL
Lovely. I would not mind working for her lol.
He's my new hero.
Hehe hysterical! :)
uh, you forgot pants, shirt... .?
Bet yer considered the Wizard of Swishy Rump!!
;<)
Laundry in the dishwasher?
You went to my mother's housekeeping school?
It was a weird day. Squirrels following me around everywhere...
Sheesh!
What are you, nuts?
LOL!!!!
Oh...I think I'm going to be ill...I may have to talk to the authorities and have them remove this picture and others like it until my stomache settles a bit...please have mercy and don't post these pictures again...Thanks.
well,if you didn't have any pants or shirt on, maybe the squirrels were horney?
True.
When I worked for the State of California, they made it a point to tell us that there is no formal legal relationship established when the interview process was underway and no hire had been done.
They also *nudge* *nudge* *wink* *wink* noted in passing that even though the State has a Commitment to Equal Opportunity that some people (Minorities, especially Disabled) are VERY difficult to remove once hired, even during "probationary period" and that all we had to show is that the candidate qualifications and those of the final hiree were reasonable similar (degree, years at work, and other objective criteria that had already been pre-screened anyway). The final hiring decision was 100% up to us and was absolute.
I always hired the best candidate, period, irrespecive of color or any other factor. I also never saw any of my minority hires play the victim card, because I hired based on the person and these folks, even if they didn't work out, had great self-respect.
But in the State Of California, the EEO rules work AGAINST minorities and disabled instead of HELPING them.
All Leftist policy results in the Law Of Unintended Consequences.
Heya, Guv! How ya' been?
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