News Flash: Women are judged by looks, not only ability

I kinda knew this, but here it is. Criticize Hillary Clinton (and Sarah Palin) all you want, but they're fighting an uphill battle. Women political candidates need to seem competent and attractive, but men only need to seem competent. Here's the AP story about it. And if you're really motivated, here's the link to the journal article.

Here's a somewhat confusing graphic from the paper.


I already used up today's rant talking to Matt today, so I'll just leave this story here and you can think what you want.