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Graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in economics and master’s degree in finance, and fluent in English and French, she is no other than Beatriz Aurora Pinzón Solano, also known as Betty La Fea. She is a very knowledgeable woman with very impressive curriculum vitae but has an unpleasing physical appearance, which makes her search for a job, matching her education and experience, unsuccessful.
This is not a new issue, and Betty is not the only person who’s suffering from the bad fate of not having a pleasing physique. In fact, many people are enduring the “biasness” of the society regarding one’s look. Reality bites. The cliche “Don’t judge the book by its cover,” has no space in the present society that we have now. Almost everyone is guilty of judging one’s personality through his/her ‘cover’. The discrimination based on appearance is a real existing problem, especially inside organizations. Most of the time, one is assessed through his/her height, weight, and physical characteristics; the competency is just a second matter.
A lot of companies are considering striking physical appearance as an important element that an employee must have. Some does not accommodate applicants who seem to be unpleasing for them. And some employers base the paychecks to their employees’ looks. These ideas seem to be absurd, but it is the reality that many people are facing. This is a cruelty that is made by our existing society.
Such discrimination is a real occurrence with huge effects on the lives of those discriminated against. Discrimination based on the different components of physical appearance including height, weight, and general pleasantness or unpleasantness of appearance results to rewards for those blessed with certain attributes, and penalties for persons failing to measure up to the given standard.
Isn’t it substance more significant than form? Or is it the other way around?
both should be given importance as humans are visual creatures. but i think, in the end, what matters more is your substance.
As OrCom students trained to very well-rounded, both form and substance should be considered.
Substance is more importance than form, though it doesn’t mean that form isn’t important at all. What’s good with Betty La Fea is that, since she’s already not visually appealing, she doesn’t worsen her state, she tries to look best and add her wits to the fashion game.
“A lot of companies are considering striking physical appearance as an important element that an employee must have.”
One of the sad realities in the corporate world. Funny how this made me recall our DS 128 classes. Prof. Wacnang was telling us that such acts may be found unfair but are not consider as unfair labor practice.
I understand that human are very visual. However, appearance is not the sole and most important qualification for job hiring. A very good example, as you put it already, is Betty Suarez (her name in Ugly Betty, ‘coz I don’t watch Betty La Fea. HAHA)
no need to choose between the two because we can work for both. balance is the word, i guess.
sad…but it is true…our world is a world of packaging…you put a good dish in a paper plate and nobody will look at it…try putting a dish…never mine if it is just a canned tuna heated up in a very nice plate, garnished and pampered with whatever to look so delicious…and everybody will not raise an eyebrow if you priced it three times its original price.
it’s gonna be a long battle…looks do really matter…they are very good persuasive factors…and in the business world…persuasion is a very good thing to have…
maybe the challenge is to fill the brains of the beautiful. this might be a longer process…but it might be worth it…
on the other hand while they are on training…it is not very bad to push the most talented and the most intelligent to be more “Pleasing”. Being beautiful is not being dumb… this will teach the “cheerleaders” to study their homework…because the nerds already found out that it’s only a matter of stepping into a salon to conquer their “world”… being beautiful is easy…being smart…needs harder work.
**oops link on the first one is broken…
sad…but it is true…our world is a world of packaging…you put a good dish in a paper plate and nobody will look at it…try putting a dish…never mine if it is just a canned tuna heated up in a very nice plate, garnished and pampered with whatever to look so delicious…and everybody will not raise an eyebrow if you priced it three times its original price.
it’s gonna be a long battle…looks do really matter…they are very good persuasive factors…and in the business world…persuasion is a very good thing to have…
maybe the challenge is to fill the brains of the beautiful. this might be a longer process…but it might be worth it…
on the other hand while they are on training…it is not very bad to push the most talented and the most intelligent to be more “Pleasing”. Being beautiful is not being dumb… this will teach the “cheerleaders” to study their homework…because the nerds already found out that it’s only a matter of stepping into a salon to conquer their “world”… being beautiful is easy…being smart…needs harder work.