You all know what the term means. It's discrimination towards someone because of their beauty, or lack thereof. Can a management team, or a single boss, use lookism to get rid of someone? Discriminiation is against the law, but is lookism? Would it be hard to prove?
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2006-09-21 09:25:36 · 5 answers · asked by snafu1 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Will probably never stand up in court. It is mostly unconscious and instinctual. Selectivity, naturally encompasses all aspects of human nature.
2006-09-21 09:39:21 · answer #1 · answered by voncaros 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Australia we had a case of "lookism" being taken to and challenged in court.essentially virgin airlines were only hiring youngish and pretty ladies. Virgin lost and had to change their hiring procedures. In most cases "lookism" would be hard to prove and would mostly occur during the hiring procedure but if it was able to be proven then it would fall into the category of "unfair dismissal laws"
2006-09-21 23:55:12 · answer #2 · answered by pi3pt141something 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This goes on all of the time. What company would hire a woman who has been severely scarred over her face to work at the front counter and greet people? That is a glaring example, but good looking tall people make more money on average than ugly people.
2006-09-21 09:30:20 · answer #3 · answered by Radioactive1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im sure it would be very hard to prove but it can happen.
2006-09-21 09:26:55 · answer #4 · answered by Amilucky0707 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but not overtly.
2006-09-21 09:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by OU812 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋