Physische Attraktivität und soziale Ungleichheit. Einige grundsätzliche Anmerkungen zu einem in der soziologischen Forschung kaum beachteten Prädiktor sozialer Ungleichheit

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Physische Attraktivität und soziale Ungleichheit. Einige grundsätzliche Anmerkungen zu einem in der soziologischen Forschung kaum beachteten Prädiktor sozialer Ungleichheit Abstract: The external appearance of a person is an important predictor for his or her social success. This nding has been veried by numerous mostly social psychological oriented empirical studies on physical attractiveness for many phases and areas of life. At the same time, sociological research on social inequality has hardly paid any attention to the social relevance of physical attractiveness. In order to begin to close this gap, the article provides insight into attractiveness research results and highlights the importance of further research into the impact of attractiveness on causing social inequality. We will rst give an overview of the areas of life in which the ecacy of physical attractiveness has already been demonstrated. Then we will discuss the mechanisms through which the external appearance of a person develops its eect, until nally, we will explain how physical attractiveness can be measured.Wer

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“…Despite the lack of multiple raters, many studies using the same measurements as we do find significant effects of attractiveness which match results from studies relying on multiple raters (see for example Gupta et al, 2016 compared to Hamermesh and Abrevaya, 2013 for happiness, or Pfeifer, 2012 compared to Judge et al, 2009 for income). Rosar et al (2014: 191–192) even assume that effects found using a somewhat limited attractiveness measurement would only manifest more clearly when based on a superior measurement.…”