TEXT A A few common
misconceptions. Beauty is only skin-deep. One’ s physical assets and liabilities
don’ t count all that much in a managerial career. A woman should always try to
look her best. Over the last 30 years, social scientists have
conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not-
so-beautiful people. The virtually unanimous conclusion: Looks do matter, more
than most of us realize. The data suggest, for example, the physically
attractive individuals are more likely to be treated well by their parents,
sought out as friends, and pursued romantically. With the possible exception of
women seeking managerial jobs they are also more likely to be hired, paid well,
and promoted. Un-American, you say, unfair and extremely
unbelievable Once again, the scientists have caught us mouthing pieties (虔诚)
while acting just the contrary. Their typical experiment works something like
this. They give each member of a group--college students, perhaps, or teachers
or corporate personnel managers a piece of paper relating an individual’ s
accomplishments. Attached to the paper is a photograph. While the papers all say
exactly the same thing the pictures are different. Some show a strikingly
attractive person, some an average-looking character, and some an unusually
unattractive human being. Group members are asked to rate the individual on
certain attributes, anything from personal warmth to the likelihood that he or
she will be promoted. Almost invariably, the better looking the
person in the picture, the higher the person is rated. In the phrase, borrowed
from Sappho, that the social scientists use to sum up the common perception,
what is beautiful is good. In business, however, good looks cut
both ways for women, and deeper than for men. A Utah State University professor,
who is an authority on the subject, explains: In terms of their careers, the
impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest. But its potential
impact on females can be tremendous, making it easier, for example, for the more
attractive to get jobs where they are in the public eye. on another note,
though, there is enough literature now for us to conclude that attractive women
who aspire (追求) to managerial positions do not get on as well as who may be less
attractive. "Good looks cut both ways for women" (Para.5) means that______.
A．attractive women have tremendous potential impact on public job B．good-looking women always get the best of everything C．being attractive is not always an advantage for women D．attractive women do not do as well as unattractive women in managerial positions