'Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful' - When Beauty Is Bad for You

‘Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful’ – When Beauty Is Bad for You

Researchers based at the University of Colorado and the Illinois Institute of Technology have just published a study which examines what they describe as a ‘subtle form of sex discrimination’, occurring when attractive women are discriminated against in job interviews, because they are pretty.

This is part of a wider phenomenon by which women appear to attract stereotyping about their personality and job skills, according to their looks.

The study was partly inspired by an infamous incident when in April 2012, Samantha Brick, a writer, published a column in ‘The Daily Mail’ newspaper titled, ”There are downsides to looking this pretty: Why Women Hate Me for Being Beautiful.” The subsequent backlash and media criticism reflected the widespread opinion that the massive beneﬁts of physical attractiveness probably far outweigh any possible disadvantages.

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Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Management at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. from Rice University and is particularly interested in the effects of unconscious biases in the evaluation of women and minorities, with the goal of finding ways to mitigate those biases. Dr. Johnson brings bias to light with an engaging and humorous approach to advanced scientific research, which has earned her numerous accolades and invitations to present her work at meetings around the world, including the White House for a 2016 summit on diversity in corporate America on National Equal Pay Day, and the 2016 Harvard Negotiation and Leadership Conference. She has published over 70 journal articles and book chapters in outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Applied Psychology and The Academy of Management Journal. She has extensive consulting experience and has created and delivered leadership-development training with an emphasis on evidence-based practice. In recognition of her unique research, Dr. Johnson has been awarded nearly three million dollars in external funding to study leadership and create leadership development programs aimed at increasing safety. Media outlets featuring her work include: The Economist, Newsweek, Time, and CNN. Stefanie lives in the Boulder Bubble in Colorado with her Biology Professor husband, two young kiddos, and two old kitties.