Gingersnap
10-07-2010, 11:31 PM
Study: Your Weight Affects Your Salary
October 7, 2010 12:19 PM
A new study found that thinner women had fatter paychecks than average-sized or overweight women.
NEW YORK (CBS 2) – In a country plagued by obesity, eating disorders, and the all-too-common pressure to simply look good, a new study finds that your waist size can play a role in your wallet size.
The study, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, shows that skinny women tend to have fatter paychecks than average or overweight women.
The same can’t be said for men, however. Larger men are shown to have larger paychecks than their thinner brethren, according to the study. In fact, as a man’s weight increases, so does his salary — until the point of obesity, when his salary then drops.
The previous wisdom was that overweight affected both sexes negatively in terms of career and that normal weighted women earned more than their excessively thin counterparts.
I wonder if the older studies reflected a generational "thinness" among older female workers who wouldn't have benefited from second wave feminism in the office. :confused:
CBS (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10/07/study-your-weight-affects-your-salary/)
October 7, 2010 12:19 PM
A new study found that thinner women had fatter paychecks than average-sized or overweight women.
NEW YORK (CBS 2) – In a country plagued by obesity, eating disorders, and the all-too-common pressure to simply look good, a new study finds that your waist size can play a role in your wallet size.
The study, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, shows that skinny women tend to have fatter paychecks than average or overweight women.
The same can’t be said for men, however. Larger men are shown to have larger paychecks than their thinner brethren, according to the study. In fact, as a man’s weight increases, so does his salary — until the point of obesity, when his salary then drops.
The previous wisdom was that overweight affected both sexes negatively in terms of career and that normal weighted women earned more than their excessively thin counterparts.
I wonder if the older studies reflected a generational "thinness" among older female workers who wouldn't have benefited from second wave feminism in the office. :confused:
CBS (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10/07/study-your-weight-affects-your-salary/)