Rule #1: Never flirt with anyone who might take you seriously, unless you are willing to be their bedroom servant.

The authors of the new study theorize that testosterone or some other aspect of male reproductive fitness is influencing both athleticism and facial appearance.

Possibly, but there’s a lot of eviddence that “cumulative advantage” is a huge factor in how far you get in life. Malcolm Gladwell demonstrates this in Outliers by showing that almost all Canadian hockey stars were born at the beginning of the year. At an early age this gave them a one-year advantage in coordination, size and strength over players in their grade who were born in the end of the year. This led to them being more likely to be selected into special, more intensive training programs where they got more practice time and better coaching. Within a year or two, the other students couldn’t compete with them at all.

So good looks may lead to confidence which can lead to more positive experiences and advantages that build up over time.

Shoulda checked that for spelling.

Blacks were only half as likely to receive a callback or job offer relative to equally qualified whites; moreover, black and Latino applicants with clean backgrounds fared no better than a white applicant just released from prison.

Interestingly enough, it can depend on how “black,” “hispanic,” or “low-income white” a persons name is. Whites with low-income names are discriminated against as heavily as any other minority group. Applicants who are associated with a disadvantaged background are perceived to be lacking in the appropriate social and problem-solving skills of a professional office.

A black applicant with a “middle-class-sounding” name was not discriminated as highly as the same resume with the name Jaquinton. A white applicant named Cody or Brandy was discriminated against almost as heavily.

I guess the point is, look and sound as bland and middle-class as you can, and you up your chances of being hired.