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“Women who advance most at work, studies agree, are more attractive, thinner, taller and have a more youthful appearance than their female colleagues who are promoted less often.”

A study from Cornell University found that when white females put on additional 64 pounds, her wages drop 9%. According to Bill Fabrey, a director of the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination, being fat leads to negative stereotypes – thinking that person is sloppy, lazy or slow.

Gordon Patzer, Ph.D., a psychologist from Chicago who has studied looks for 30 years said, “For ancestral humans, better-looking people were thought to be more productive and fecund. [from a psychological standpoint] People of higher physical attractiveness are more persuasive, which is critical in the workplace.”

Just what makes for attractive?
According to Hamermesh in an interview with CNN, “It’s symmetry of features but not too attractive. It’s not perfect. If it’s perfect, it’s bland. There’s got to be a little off, otherwise you lose interest.”

If you think looks don’t matter, think again.