And now science has finally, and thankfully, provided a rational explanation for my years of pain.
Men with bald heads are often seen as more dominant and successful by everyone around them, according to a study of the University of Pennsylvania.
The american scientist Albert E. Mannes … conducted a study in 2012 with 59 subjects. He wanted to find out how people react to men with shaved heads by showing them a series of pictures.
The subjects got to see each photo twice, once of a man with a full head of hair and once of the same man with his hair shaved off. The subjects reported that they thought the bald men were more dominant, bigger and stronger.…
But bald men are not just more powerful, they are also seen as more intelligent. A global study conducted by the psychologist Ronald Henss of the University of Saarland with over 20.000 subjects suggests that bald men are estimated to be older, but also seem wiser and more intelligent.Makes perfect sense to me.
*Disclaimer no. 1: Mannes happens to be bald. But, science! Who am I to argue?
*Disclaimer no. 2: Only fully bald men need apply. Bald patches or pattern baldness were seen as less attractive and weaker. (George Costanza, I’m looking at you.)
Here’s what else I read this week:
Discrimination
- Must you produce the workplace investigation report prepared to defend a sexual harassment lawsuit? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- 50 states, 50 sexual harassment training requirements — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- When Is A Sexual Harassment Policy And Training Ineffective? — via Currents
- B is for “Bias” – Is Bias The Not-So-New Cause of Discrimination? — via Currents
- The Employee Went Into Labor And Her Supervisor Told Her To Keep Working — via Evil Skippy at Work
- Dangerous New Sexual Harassment Definition Introduced in Minnesota — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
- Emojis at Work — via All in a Day’s Work
- VP of HR fired for pro-Trump tweet has no defamation claim, court says — via HR Dive
- Why Hackers Love Healthcare — via Dark Reading
- What you can (and can’t) do on Facebook — via The Verge
- Court Affirms Stalking and Harassment Conviction for Tagged Tweets–In re AJB — via Technology & Marketing Law Blog
- Episode 24 – She Makes Jello Salads — via Marc Alifanz’s and Dennis Westlind’s Hostile Work Environment podcast
- Is Take Your Kids to Work Day Worth Your Time and Theirs? — via Workology
- Employer Agreeing Not To Poach Competitor’s Employees? That’s A Jailing — via Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- You’re Proposing to Disclose Confidential Information to a Company that Might Be Acquired by One of Your Competitors. What Do You Do? — via Adams on Contract Drafting
- Why Monitoring Your Employees’ Behavior Can Backfire — via Harvard Business Review
- Another Bad Idea Coming Out of Silicon Valley – Employees Pushing to Retire in Their 30s — via Fistful of Talent
- “Dude, What’s My Job?” How to Manage 20-Somethings — via Next Blog
- USERRA – A Leave Law Like No Other – Part 2 — via Matrix Radar
- NFL Cheerleaders: Minimum Wage for a Job Where You Don’t Even Get to Pick Your Own Hair Color Evil — via HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Do most employers engage in wage theft? — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Gigs that Ain’t so Groovy: Gig Economy Worker Classification Issues and Solutions — via The L•E•Jer
- Beware of Bonus Pitfalls: Overtime and Nonexempt Employees — via EntertainHR
- ‘Highly compensated exemption’ not as simple as it sounds — via EmployerLINC
- FMLA Screaming (Part I) — via Kate Bischoff’s tHRive Law & Consulting
- Pink Floyd or The Who?: NLRB Extends Deadline for Public Input on Important Misclassification Decision — via Who Is My Employee?
- Lost In The Mail: Invalid Mailing Addresses Cost Company Union Election — via Labor Relations
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Is a Legit Villain — via Deadspin
- Republican-Controlled NLRB is Poised to Review Obama-era Rulings — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- Employer Did Not Violate The Act When It Terminated Employee Organizer Who Violated Hotel Security Protocols To Deliver Petition — via Labor Relations Today
- Tesla: Workplace safety, unions and the color yellow — via Engadget
- Toiling Over a “Puddle of Blood”: Why These Warehouse Workers Are Standing Up to Abuses — via Workplace Fairness
- Fight Club Rules: Using Restraining Orders to Prevent Workplace Violence — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
- Healing the Healers: Preventing Workplace Violence in Health Care Settings — via Health Employment and Labor