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Scott Jaschik writes at Inside Higher Education that although most faculty members would deny that physical appearance is a legitimate criterion in grading, a study finds that among similarly qualified female students, those who are physically attractive earn better grades than less attractive female students. For male students, there is no significant relationship between attractiveness and grades. The results hold true whether the faculty member is a man or a woman.
The researchers obtained student identification photographs for students at Metropolitan State University of Denver and had the attractiveness rated, on a scale of 1-10, of all the students. Then they examined 168,092 course grades awarded to the students, using factors such as ACT scores to control for student academic ability. For female students, an increase of one standard deviation in attractiveness was associated with a 0.024 increase in grade (on a 4.0 scale).
The results mirror a similar study that found that those who are attractive in high school are more likely to go on to earn a four-year college degree. Hernández-Julián says that he found the results of the Metro State study “troubling” and says that there are two possible explanations: “Is it that professors invest more time and energy into the better-looking students, helping them learn more and earn the higher grades? Or do professors simply reward the appearance with higher grades given identical performance? The likely answer, given our growing understanding of the prevalence of implicit biases, is that professors make small adjustments on both of these margins."
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Snotnose on Thursday January 07 2016, @03:57PM
Women with big breasts tend to do better than men with big breasts.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Thursday January 07 2016, @03:58PM
Yes, but this injustice is balanced by the discrepancy between men with big dicks / women with big dicks.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday January 07 2016, @04:03PM
I thought that most women did find a big dick at some point in their lives? A lot of them actually marry those big dicks, don't they?
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by Dunbal on Thursday January 07 2016, @04:04PM
Only the immature ones or the ones who are into pain. Those big dicks can hurt like hell.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday January 07 2016, @04:07PM
Can't believe that went over your head like that. A guy can have less than an inch long penis, and still BE a big dick. In fact, I suspect that some guys become dicks as a method of compensation.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Thursday January 07 2016, @04:13PM
If that 1" penis goes over his head he's got a hell of a urinary sphincter.
/ for a good time google "penis muscles shoot semen"
// the internet, is there anything it can't do?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2016, @04:20PM
A big dick, maybe, but not a big SWINGING dick.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2016, @04:57PM
A guy can have less than an inch long penis, and still BE a big dick. In fact, I suspect that some guys become dicks as a method of compensation.
So that explains your personality. Thanks for the clarification.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday January 07 2016, @09:43PM
In fact, I suspect that some guys become dicks as a method of compensation.
See, there's three kinds of people: dicks, pussies, and assholes. Pussies think everyone can get along, and dicks just want to fuck all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your assholes, Chuck. And all the assholes want us to shit all over everything! So, pussies may get mad at dicks once in a while, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes, Chuck. And if they didn't fuck the assholes, you know what you'd get? You'd get your dick and your pussy all covered in shit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cV_q-mVAAA [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday January 07 2016, @09:46PM
A guy can have less than an inch long penis
Citation needed.
Actually, no, no citation, please.
Is that really possible? Are american inches a different size to the standard 25.4mm?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2016, @04:39PM
However women can show the size of their breasts while fully clothed. That is relevant in an environment where nudity is generally not accepted.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2016, @04:56PM
And so can men with Speed-Os (aka the banana hammock) or tight pants/shorts. This would, though, require not having a micropeen such as you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 08 2016, @01:05PM
Speed-Os, the breakfast cereal for those on the gogogogottagetmovingcantstaystillsomuchenergyfuckyeah
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Thursday January 07 2016, @06:35PM
My experience is that, actually, no, that factor isn't as likely to attract a woman as my stable job, decent physique, and passable social skills.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Thursday January 07 2016, @09:12PM
Damn. Lack of social skills ruining thing for me again.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 08 2016, @03:56AM
Paging Harry Potter, paging Harry Potter. Emergency obliviation required in cubicle 13.