Men, shave your head to get ahead
Oct 4, 2012, 2:10 AM | Updated: 5:42 am
Men who want to get ahead in business might want to shave their heads.
Men with shaved heads are perceived to be more masculine, dominant and, in some cases, to have greater leadership potential than those with longer locks or with thinning hair, according to a recent study out of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
A Wall Street Journal report about the big guys in business pointed out that Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos and a number of other powerful men have all gone with the close-cropped look.
Wharton did three experiments to test our perceptions of men with shaved heads.
In one of the experiments, he showed 344 subjects photos of the same men in two versions: one showing the man with hair and the other showing him with his hair digitally removed, so his head appears shaved.
In all three tests, the subjects reported finding the men with shaved heads as more dominant than their hairy counterparts.
Bald guys were also perceived as being an inch taller, even when they weren’t, and stronger too.
The study found that men with thinning hair were viewed as the least attractive, so men, you might as well shave it all.
By LINDA THOMAS, sure I think bald is beautiful.
AP file photo
