Can Looks Deceive You? Attractive Decoys Mitigate Beauty Is Beastly Bias Against Women

This research examines bias against attractive women applying for masculine jobs—a phenomenon called the “beauty is beastly” effect. We show this effect in multiple studies and examine one way to mitigate the bias. Specifically, when we included more than one attractive applicant on the finalist sla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stefanie K. Johnson, Elsa Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Psychological Association 2019-11-01
Series:Archives of Scientific Psychology
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Online Access:https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2019-71050-001.html