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Horsetooth's avatar

Intra-gender competition (for males and females) in response to mating valent concerns is always where the real story lies.

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Overcoming Bias Commenter's avatar

The gender difference is quite significant and interesting. However I should caution people not to be outraged that pretty people are more likely to be hired: How good a person looks in a photo is hugely influenced by dress, make-up, posture, and expression. These are signals of social skills, which are a perfectly valid and important subset of general intelligence, and difficult to express on a CV. 0.29 points more qualified per 1 point more attractive is a bit higher than we might like to aim for in the modern world, but isn't offensively off the mark.

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