Does Not Wearing Makeup Change How People Treat You?

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People Take You Seriously

It's hard enough to be a woman in the workplace — and a blonde woman at that! This woman describes how not wearing makeup has actually improved her professional life: "I have blonde hair and, in my experience, am taken less seriously than brunettes or men. Whether this is backed by science, I can’t say. So I chopped my hair off to my chin, and I wear exactly zero makeup ever. I don’t wear skirts or heels. Maybe it’s just a psychological thing but I feel like if I don’t look conventionally 'pretty' I’m taken more seriously."