Thursday, December 9, 2010
Beauty Equals Success
The video that we watched in class today about beautiful people being more successful in the business world shows how superficial todays American society is. The fact that blondes are preffered over any other hair color showed the typical stereotype about males to be true. I found it to be amazing that the blonde woman made fifty percent more than the brunette that was working beside her. The other fact that intrigued me was that men who are taller tend to make more money than men who are shorter during there teenage years. As history shows though this proves to be true. Most leaders of countries are tall and most major CEO's and other leaders in the business world tend to be tall.
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I found this fact interesting as well. Generally speaking, I have often found that people tend to believe the "dumb blonde" stereotype, or at least bring attention to it. Which is why I was surprised that a blonde would make more than a brunette in a business setting. However; I suppose that beauty is favored over brains more often than not.
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In the video we watched in class today, I learned a great deal about how social psychology is seen in everyday life. Just by saying that women who are more attractive make more money than less attractive females is a clear example of how we think about, relate to, and influence other people. Our society, for example is continually obsessed with beauty. We see it everywhere from models in magazines to bilboards in New York. As a result, it is honestly no surprise that attractive women make more money. As a society, we equate everything with beauty. This is why we make our houses look as nice as it has ever looked only when we are trying to sell it or why teenage girls most often have a "pretty roll model" that they want to be exactly like in the future. As a result, this is why women newsanchors (and women in other similar fields) who are attractive usually make more money than someone who is less attractive but eqqually talented. People like having something to look at, essentially. Using the newsanchor example, ratings for shows are usually higher when there is a pretty woman on the show. As a result, companies know this and thus are willing to pay extra money to those beauties who are bringing in the extra ratings.
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This is a comment in regards to Kristen's comment. I have found it surprising too how the "dumb blonde" stereotype can exist, while they are still making more money. I feel that perhaps when people think of their definitions of beauty, more times than not, blondes are considered more attractive. Even in movies in which there are blondes who act really dumb, they are always portrayed as the beautiful one. Take "Legally Blonde" for example, while everyone assumes that she is dumb, not a single person in that movie denies how beautiful she is. Likewise, in other movies I have heard the expression "if you have nothing else, at least you have beauty". These are just small examples of the many ways America puts beauty on a pedestal. As a result, depite stereotypes because blondes, to America, are inherently beautiful, they have success as well.
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