Tag archive for "appearance discrimination"

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A Cultural Perspective, Beauty News

Why I embrace SlutWalk and its connection to the boardroom

1 Comment 09 November 2011

SlutWalk.  I’ve tweeted about this and many have blogged about it too.  But in case you’re scratching your head, SlutWalk is a movement spreading across the world in which women march wearing whatever the hell they want protesting the “accepted” cultural belief that women are “asking for it” (i.e. sexual assaults) if they wear sexy [...]

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A Cultural Perspective

Hotties Get More For Free

No Comments 23 June 2011

Bright Hand Pictures created a documentary, Sexy Girls Have It Easy, about a girl that scores all types of freebies thanks to her sexy good looks (check it out on Vimeo).  Donning high heels and make-up, she’s able to get things like taxi rides, cake and champagne for free just by asking. You could argue [...]

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A Cultural Perspective, Beauty in the Workplace, Beauty News

A Legal Approach to Beauty

1 Comment 27 May 2010

My mother (and undoubtedly the biggest fan of my blog) alerted me to a book review in last weekend’s New York Times.  The subject of the review, The Beauty Bias: The Injustices of Appearance in Life and Law, by Deborah L. Rhode, investigates the legal issues surrounding appearance and the behaviors we all indulge in, [...]

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