When Debrahlee Lorenzana was fired from Citibank for being too hot and
attractive, I thought there was a serious ethical issue and absence of work
principals in the West only to realize that even we were not untouched by it.
Lorenzana’s was a ten-year-old incident, but a study suggests that 51% of
employers still judge a job seeker based on his/ her looks and appearance. No
wonder why people prioritize professional appearance over professional
experience!
And the adverse part is that female employees are more discriminated against
than male employees. A report made by TeamLease claims that ‘more than 72%
of women feel gender discrimination is still prevalent at workplace’. And then the
same set of women are further discriminated based on their appearance and
attractiveness.
Imagine you enter a workplace and are immediately cordoned off because your
colleagues do not find you attractive enough or your superiors feel you are not
capable and skilful enough because you do not match their expected physical
appearance level?
That’s the world of ‘lookism’ I’m against!
“Just because I like dressing up and put makeup, people have come and told me
‘when do you even get time for work’, ‘you look rich, why do you even need to
work’, ‘you’re late because you must have spent time doing your hair and
makeup’, ‘you must party a lot’, ‘what do you know about saving, you look like a shopaholic!’”, says Priyanshu who predominantly belongs to the fashion industry
and works in the category management and business development domain.
She has also been told that people often consider her a ‘bitch’ or a ‘dump’
because they think she puts in a lot of effort to get her looks!
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