Male Jurors More Likely To Find Overweight Women Guilty

Maybe this should be in the “Dumb Things Men Say (do)” thread…

http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2013/01/12/study-male-jurors-more-likely-to-find-overweight-women-guilty/

That was an interesting story. Not surprising, unfortunately.

You can certainly feel free to post it in that thread :slight_smile:

this lady is guilty of SOMETHING
http://www.opposingviews.com/sites/opposingviews.com/files/imagecache/300x250/sites/default/files/Momma-June-Here-Comes-Honey-Boo-Boo.png
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And it is probably a felony based on the show’s commercials!

I’m surprised that fat males weren’t also more likely to be found guilty.

Society is biased against fat people - they tend to get paid less as well.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2002-09-04-overweight-pay-bias_x.htm

Yeah, I’m not shocked. People make snap judgments based on lots of external things – weight, height, clothes.