American women spend 55 minutes a day on their appearance and worry more about their appearance than their finances. In our culture, those that identify as women often face suffocating societal pressure to fit into narrow, racist definitions of what qualifies as beautiful. Research verifies that this pressure to be attractive is placed significantly more on women.
Being perceived as a beauty has been shown to have direct ramifications on your career, specifically regarding how much money you will make. In this 2016 study “very attractive” people earned 22% more than people who were only of “average attractiveness.” Many studies […]The post Beauty and the Boardroom: Do Women have to Wear Makeup to Rise? appeared first on Ms. Career Girl.