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- A study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior finds that women view attractiveness as a strategic asset at work.
- The research shows that women rejecting traditional gender roles see beauty as a tool for career advancement.
- By contrast, women endorsing traditional roles view attractiveness as a societal expectation.
- The study used observational data and 270-participant experiment to examine how economic inequality shapes beauty's benefits, suggesting appearance investments reflect structural inequality.
