Questão 97

    At work, as $\in$ life, attractive women get a lot of
the breaks. Studies have shown that they are more
likely to be promoted than their plain-Jane colleagues.
Because people tend to project positive traits onto
[5] them, such as sensitivity and poise, they may also
be at an advantage $\in$ job interviews. But research
by two Israelis suggests otherwise.
    These researchers looked at what happens
when job hunters include photos with their curricula
[10] vitae (CV), as is the norm $\in$ much of Europe and
Asia. They sent fictional applications to over 2,500
real-life vacancies. For each job they sent two very
similar résumés, one with a photo, one without. For
men, the results were as expected. Hunks were more
[15] likely to be called for an interview if they included a
photo. Ugly men were better off not including one.
However, for women this was reversed. Attractive
females were less likely to be offered an interview if
they included their photo.
[20]    At first they considered that people assume
beautiful women to be stupid. However, the photos
had also been rated on how intelligent people
thought each subject looked; there was no correlation
between perceived intellect and physical beauty. So
[25] the cause of the discrimination must lie elsewhere.
Human Resource (HR) departments tend to be staffed
mostly by women. Indeed, 93% of those tasked with
selecting whom to invite for an interview were female.
The researchers unavoidable – and unpalatable
[30] – conclusion is that old-fashioned jealousy led the
women to discriminate against pretty candidates.

(Source: The Economist – Mar 31st 2012, adapted)

According to the second paragraph, the researchers