国外媒体:女性长得漂亮未必利于求职

Attractive women overlooked for certain jobs?

Too hot to be an engineer or prison guard?

Good looks can kill a woman's chances of snaring¹ jobs considered "masculine," according to a study by the University of Colorado Denver Business School.

Attractive women faced discrimination when they applied² for jobs where appearance was not seen as important. These positions included job titles like manager of research and development, director of finance, mechanical engineer and construction supervisor³.

They were also overlooked for categories like director of security, hardware salesperson⁴, prison guard and tow-truck driver.

"In these professions being attractive was highly detrimental⁵ to women," researcher Stefanie Johnson said in a statement, adding that attractive women tended to be sorted into positions like receptionist or secretary.

"In every other kind of job, attractive women were preferred. This wasn't the case with men which shows that there is still a double standard when it comes to gender⁶."

The study, published in the Journal of Social Psychology⁷, was based on giving participants a list of jobs and photos of applicants⁸ and asking them to sort them according to their suitability for the role. They had a stack of 55 male and 55 female photos.

While the researchers found good-looking women were ruled out for certain jobs, they found that attractive men did not face similar discrimination and were always at an advantage.

But Johnson said beautiful people still enjoyed a significant edge when it came to the workplace.

They tended to get higher salaries, better performance evaluations⁹, higher levels of admission to college, better voter ratings when running for public office, and more favorable judgments¹⁰ in trials.

"In every other kind of job, attractive women were preferred," said Johnson, who chided those who let stereotypes¹¹ affect hiring decisions.

长得太漂亮当不了工程师或监狱看守？

美国科罗拉多丹佛商业学院开展的一项研究发现，长得漂亮的女性在应聘需要一点“男性气质”的工作时会比较吃亏。

漂亮的女性在应聘对相貌要求不高的工作时会受到歧视。这些职位包括研发经理、财务总监、机械工程师和建筑监理等。

此外，安全总管、硬件销售人员、监狱看守和拖车司机等职位也不青睐长得漂亮的女性。

研究人员斯蒂芬妮·约翰逊在一份声明中说：“对于这些职业而言，长得漂亮对于女性十分不利。”他说，前台或秘书等职业一般更青睐美女。

“在其它行业，美女则比较欢迎。但对于男性而言，则不存在这种现象，这说明在性别问题上仍然存在双重标准。”

这项研究在《社会心理》期刊上发表。研究人员让研究对象看一张职位列表和应聘者照片，并让他们挑出他们认为最适合这些职位的人选，这些照片包括55张男性照片和55张女性照片。

研究人员发现，尽管长得漂亮的女性被某些职位拒之门外，但相貌英俊的男性并没有受到同样的歧视，他们总是比较“吃香”。

但约翰逊说，总的来说，俊男美女在职场中还是有很大的优势。

他们的薪水更高、绩效考核成绩更好、被大学录取的几率更高、在职务竞选中更易得到选民的支持，在打官司时也更容易得到有利的判决。

约翰逊说：“在其它行业，美女则是更受青睐。”他对在招聘时存在偏见的用人单位进行了谴责。

1 snaring   

v.用罗网捕捉，诱陷，陷害( snare的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• They have the ability to perform mucosal biopsies, cautery and even snaring polyps. 他们能够学习肠粘膜活检、烧灼、甚至肠息肉套扎术。 来自互联网

2 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

3 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

4 salesperson   

n.售货员，营业员，店员

参考例句：

• A salesperson works in a shop.售货员在商店工作。
• Vanessa is a salesperson in a woman's wear department.凡妮莎是女装部的售货员。

5 detrimental   

adj.损害的，造成伤害的

参考例句：

• We know that heat treatment is detrimental to milk.我们知道加热对牛奶是不利的。
• He wouldn't accept that smoking was detrimental to health.他不相信吸烟有害健康。

6 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

7 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

8 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

9 evaluations   

估价( evaluation的名词复数 )； 赋值； 估计价值； [医学]诊断

参考例句：

• In fact, our moral evaluations are merely expressions of our desires. 事实上，我们的道德评价只是我们欲望的表达形式。 来自哲学部分
• Properly speaking, however, these evaluations and insights are not within the concept of official notice. 但准确地讲，这些评估和深远见识并未包括在官方通知概念里。

10 judgments   

判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判

参考例句：

• A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
• He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。

11 stereotypes   

n.老套，模式化的见解，有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
• It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》