The clothes you wear have a profound impact on how people perceive you. Studies suggest that formal dress makes teaching assistants look more capable, wearing thick glasses makes people look smarter, and well-dressed customer-service agents are more likely to score sales. That's all great. But the gender implications of dress go even further -- and grow toxic. In her 1990 study, Auburn University professor Sandra M. Forsythe asked 109 respondents who worked in marketing and banking to w...
If women want to be taken seriously at work, they should dress like men
Business Insider - 10 Feb 2015 21:59
The clothes you wear have a profound impact on how people perceive you. Studies suggest that formal dress makes teaching assistants look more capable, wearing thick glasses makes people look smarter, and well-dressed customer-service agents are more likely to score sales. That's all great. But the gender implications of dress go even further -- and grow toxic. In her 1990 study, Auburn University professor Sandra M. Forsythe asked 109 respondents who worked in marketing and banking to w...
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