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BeforeIdefendplainnessasacareerstrategy,letmeconcedethatweshouldallstrivetobeleggy,doe-eyed,andbeautiful.ItcertainlybeatsthealternativeordoesitForalltheirprofessionaladvantages,membersoftheeye-candycrowdmaynotsitasprettilyastheyappear.Fewstudieshaveexaminedtheperilsofbeauty,ortheupsideofordinarystock.Butthosethatdooffersomeinterestingremindersaboveall,thatbeauty,likewealth,isbothablessingandacurse.

在我為低調(diào)平凡是一種職場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)略進(jìn)行辯護(hù)前，請(qǐng)?jiān)试S我勉強(qiáng)承認(rèn)：我們都應(yīng)當(dāng)窮盡心思去追求擁有一雙修長(zhǎng)美腿、一對(duì)撲閃無(wú)辜的大眼睛，以及動(dòng)人的美貌。美麗當(dāng)然能助你擊敗其他的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手莫非非然原來(lái)，論及職場(chǎng)優(yōu)勢(shì)，這些養(yǎng)眼人兒們卻不像看上去那么風(fēng)光。很少有研究專門(mén)調(diào)查美麗的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，或者說(shuō)，平凡的好處。而這方面僅有的研究帶來(lái)了一些好玩兒的發(fā)現(xiàn)歸根終究，美麗，猶如資產(chǎn)一樣，既是一種福分，也是一種詛咒。

ConsideranewpaperintheJournalofExperimentalandSocialPsychologythatfoundthatwhenattractivepeopleasdeterminedbywhatanindependentpanelthoughtoftheirpicturesareevaluatedbymembersoftheirownsex,thebeautypremiumdisappears.Thepapersauthorsspeculatethatbiologymaybetheculprit.Maleguppiesgravitatetowardtheleastsexuallysuccessfulfishintheirschool(thebettertoemphasizetheirownfinescales)，soperhapshumansusesimilarlogicinperformancesituations,viewingattractivemembersofthesamesexasrivalswhoneedtobeavoided.

我想到《試驗(yàn)社會(huì)心理學(xué)雜志》上新刊載的一篇論文，該文發(fā)現(xiàn)：當(dāng)一個(gè)獨(dú)立專門(mén)小組通過(guò)照片對(duì)個(gè)人魅力進(jìn)行評(píng)估時(shí)，那些被認(rèn)為極具魅力的人在同性評(píng)估者的眼中不再具有美貌優(yōu)勢(shì)。論文的們推斷，生物本能可能是其根本原因所在。雄性孔雀魚(yú)往往會(huì)靠向魚(yú)群里最不吸引雌性的那些同類(以突顯自己身上漂亮的魚(yú)鱗)。所以，這個(gè)規(guī)律可能也同樣適用于人類的行為，人們會(huì)把具有魅力的同性成員視為必需避開(kāi)的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。

Evenifbeautyhelpssomeonelandajobandhereiswheretheburdenappearsgreaterforwomentoomuchaestheticattentioncanbedisastrous.InastudypublishedlastwinterintheEuropeanJournalofSocialPsychology,sexyladiesbetweentheagesof18and35werefilmedwhilescissoringthroughacorridor,thenaskedtowatchthetapeofthemselvesbeingliterallyobjectifiedfortheirlooks.Acognitivetestfollowed,revealingthatthewomenbeingfilmedbymenweremorelikelytomakeintellectualerrorsthantheirpeersbeingwatchedbywomen.Beingconsciousofthistypeofsexualattention,thestudysauthorsuggests,maycrowdoutthecapacitytofocusonotherthings.

即使美貌有時(shí)能幫人找到工作女性們?cè)谶@方面能體會(huì)到更大壓力然而對(duì)美貌的過(guò)分關(guān)注也可能會(huì)帶來(lái)破壞性的后果。《歐洲社會(huì)心理學(xué)雜志》去年冬天刊載了一項(xiàng)研究：將年齡介乎18到35歲的性感女子們經(jīng)過(guò)走廊時(shí)的優(yōu)雅神態(tài)拍攝下來(lái)，然后給她們看這些錄影帶，看著自己宛如花瓶般被物化對(duì)待。隨后再進(jìn)行一個(gè)認(rèn)知測(cè)試，結(jié)果說(shuō)明：由男性執(zhí)鏡拍攝的女性，相比起那些由同性執(zhí)鏡拍攝的女性，更簡(jiǎn)單犯些智力錯(cuò)誤。研究表示，當(dāng)人們意識(shí)到異性的關(guān)注時(shí)，他們對(duì)其他事情的注意力就會(huì)受到影響。

Reallybeautifulwomenalsofaceagantletofsocialslingsandarrows.Theyare)ustedafter,envied,resented.Theystruggletoconnectwithpeers,andsensethattheyarebeingsecretlyridiculed.Aroundtheoffice,atleast,theyseemtoberight.Otherwomengivetheirattractivefemalecolleaguespointsforpopularity.Buttheyalsoratethemlesscompetent,lesstalented,lessloyal,and(weirdly)lessmotherlythanwomenfromhomelierstock.Thisleadstoanotherdepressingconclusionforthebeautiful:peopledoubtthem,assumingthattheirsuccessisafunctionofschmoozingorworse.(Itcertainlydoesnthelpthatprettypeopleingeneralaremorelikelytobegenuinenarcissists,accordingtoastudypublishedlastyearintheJournalofResearchinPersonality.)

艷壓群芳的女人還要面對(duì)社會(huì)上其他人的唇槍舌劍夾擊。她們既招人思慕、嫉妒，也惹人怨恨。她們與同輩交往總是感到膈膜重重，總感覺(jué)到被同性們?cè)诎档乩锍爸S。至少在職場(chǎng)上，她們的這種感覺(jué)是正確的。對(duì)那些頗具魅力的女性，其他女性同事會(huì)承認(rèn)