Presuming that the Swedish study is not seriously flawed, this is some food for thought! A different take on The Beauty and the Beast!
"A recent study out of Sweden revealed that attractive female university students saw a significant drop in their marks when classes went online during the pandemic.
The findings are the latest in a large body of research that indicates beauty doesn't just count on Instagram. Attractiveness improves an individual's chances of securing a job offer, getting a promotion, earning more votes in an election, and living a happier life.
What does the study say?
Prior to the pandemic, attractive male and female students tended to score significantly better grades, particularly in classes where teachers and students interacted more. This "beauty premium" dropped by about 80% for female students when classes went online. ...
While this discrimination appears to be true of the male professors who made up 11 out of 16 of the instructors, the researcher behind the study noted that female professors "also gave the attractive females better grades" prior to the pandemic. ...
[The researcher] recruited 307 engineering students who were enrolled at Lund University before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. "
While this discrimination appears to be true of the male professors who made up 11 out of 16 of the instructors, the researcher behind the study noted that female professors "also gave the attractive females better grades" prior to the pandemic. ...
[The researcher] recruited 307 engineering students who were enrolled at Lund University before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. "
From the abstract:
"This paper examines the role of student facial attractiveness on academic outcomes under various forms of instruction, using data from engineering students in Sweden. When education is in-person, attractive students receive higher grades in non-quantitative subjects, in which teachers tend to interact more with students compared to quantitative courses. This finding holds both for males and females. When instruction moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic, the grades of attractive female students deteriorated in non-quantitative subjects. However, the beauty premium persisted for males, suggesting that discrimination is a salient factor in explaining the grade beauty premium for females only."
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