‘I dye my hair brown to be taken more seriously at work’
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#3It's interesting how capitalism is able to monetize everything even social justice. This story could be entirely made up, it fits perfectly in her narrative. I find it unlikely that the BBC reporter contacted her, most likely the PR firm recommended to her by the VC that "told her" to dye her hair arranged for that profile.
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#4One point not mentioned in the article, but obvious from the photo: her natural hair is black, and the blonde hair was also dyed.
Re: ‘I dye my hair brown to be taken more seriously at work’
#5It's interesting how capitalism is able to monetize everything even social justice. This story could be entirely made up, it fits perfectly in her narrative. I find it unlikely that the BBC reporter contacted her, most likely the PR firm recommended to her by the VC that "told her" to dye her hair arranged for that profile.
I'm going to post a slightly mean reply. Do you question every story you hear?
My wife is a successful blonde female academic (more successful than me). I often go with her to events she is invited to and there is always some people who assume she is my "dumb wife" that I've brought with me.
At every event at some point I usually have to say to someone "Don't ask me, I have no idea. Karen is the person you should be speaking to", and they are always surprised. I've had people accuse me of lying when I say my wife is better at some academic topic than me. Yes, genuinely. That isn't an exaggeration.
I can see it's annoying being a blonde and female academic. Far too many people just seem to have hard-wired that "blonde female = stupid".
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#6My wife dyed her hair blonde once and noted a noticable change in how she was treated. She described it as people being nicer to her but also sort of taking her less seriously. She also got hit on a lot more. She went back to her normal brown pretty quickly.
It's not just the obvious things like race. There are thousands of little prejudices. For guys I've read studies from sales about how men with broader shoulders or more prominent chins land more deals.
I find this stuff profoundly depressing. We are not really intelligent beings, just clever apes.
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#7"Links for the intellectually curious, ranked by readers."
This link does not seem to target the intellectually curious, nor does it seem to be picked by a ranking algorithm.
Re: ‘I dye my hair brown to be taken more seriously at work’
#8One point not mentioned in the article, but obvious from the photo: her natural hair is black, and the blonde hair was also dyed.
That also stood out to me. She is just changing already not-original look from trying to be more attractive to be more serious. I really don't understand how this is interesting enough for full article.
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#9I wear a shirt to be taken more seriously at work.
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#10I wear a shirt to be taken more seriously at work.
I put my pants on.