What do you get when you cross an economist, 597 blonde women and a national survey? A bizarre study.

This researcher set out to prove blondes aren't really dumber

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If you’re unemployed or struggling to find work, there is good news and bad news. The bad news: You’re unemployed and struggling to find work. The good news: You're gorgeous! Enjoy your beauty if not the realization of your career dreams.

A new study found that women are less likely to get past female HR personnel if they are good looking. To test their theory that beauty is a liability for female job-seekers, two Israeli economists sent out 2,500 fake resumes to real job postings. The resumes were sent in pairs: one resume came with a photo of an attractive female applicant while the other came without a photo. Unfortunately for the photogenic job-seekers, landing that all-important interview wasn’t so easy. In fact, the researchers estimated a goodlooking gal needed to send out 4 more resumes than an average Jane to score a “date” with HR.

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While even as little as 30 years ago, a single woman choosing such an unconventional path to motherhood would have been viewed with suspicion, today it's more common and by extension acceptable.

Our cultural preoccupation with fat—who is, who isn’t, and what a big bum may or may not say about a person’s character—is increasing by the moment.

Is our culture predisposed to celebrate and reward married people over singles? According to a recent post on the NY Times health blog Well there’s a growing concern among social scientists that singles are getting a raw deal in a number of areas; an inequity, which, in the interest of social parity, needs to change.

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This researcher set out to prove blondes aren't dumb

Should you ‘ugly up’ for a job interview?

Are single women who choose to have a baby alone “crazy”?

Too fat to lead? Has fat become a political liability?

Do we discriminate against single people?