Appearance and bias --- Appearance is a complex and interdisciplinary subject I believe. It relies upon gender norms and gender expression, cultural norms, religious norms and so on. There are specific appearance traits - ex. natural curly hair in female identified individuals, that are most often considered unruly and unprofessional. Modest clothing is highly related to religious practices and thus not uniform across the globe. Isn't it a rather superficial criteria to be affecting negotiations then?

Source author: Marianna Stamoulaki m.stamoulakis@gmail.com