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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are a highly qualified candidate with good credentials and performance reviews, and you happen to be short in stature, do you feel like it has ever hindered you career progression?

[b]Discrmnination due to height is very prevalent and well accepted[/b].  There are very, very few people that are short in stature in front facing leadership positions in the corporate world or in the political arena.  But how has it affected you personally in real life?  We are all told about having positive body acceptance, so why is discrimination based on height [b]so well accepted [/b]across all races? Weight is something people can at least control while height is out of someone's control.  [b]Many studies have shown[/b] that people psychologically associate height with power, more competence, and leadership abilities even though it is based purely on subconscious perceptions alone.

Are hiring committees even aware of such biases based on physical appearance when evaluating candidates?  [/quote]

Do you have any evidence for all these claims?  [/quote]

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220825-height-discrimination-how-heightism-affects-careers

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214804314000640?via%3Dihub&

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2019.1629562

https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=studentpubs

There are a million studies out there showing shorter people make less money and are less represented in leadership positions relative to their prevalence in the population.

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