I AM 5'TALL FEMALE. IHAVE A MASTERS DEGREE AND CURRENTLY WORKING ON MY THESIS FOR MY DOCTORATE. I HAVE A JOB WHERE THE MALES ARE SEEN AS MORE CREDIBLE, GIVEN MORE PROFESSIONAL RESPECT THAN ME--WHO IS MORE COMPETENT AND QUALIFIED. I THINK IN GENERAL, SHORTER PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE STRUGGLES W/CREDIBILITY. MY HEIGHTH AND MY APPEARANCE ALSO MAKES ME LOOK "YOUNGER" THAN i AM AND THAT HAS WORKED AGAINST ME, ESP WHEN I'M WORKING W/THOSE TWICE OLDER. I THINK AS HUMAN BEINGS, WE ALL DESERVE RESPECT, BUT I JUST THINK THAT IN THIS SOCIETY THERE ARE SO MANY NOTIONS SURROUNDING HEIGHTH AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE--IT'S RIDICULOUS. THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES WHICH HAVE SUPPORTED MY CONTENTIONS--THAT TALLER PEOPLE GET MORE PAY FOR EQUAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS (ANOTHER WORDS, E/EVERYTHING BEING EQUAL, THE GUY WHO HAS SOME INCHES GET A BIGGER PAYCHECK) WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE ?h
2006-08-01
07:11:45
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