Effects of physical attractiveness and sex on length of imprisonment: a study of sex differences

ABSTRACT

In an attempt to determine what length of imprisonment men and women like to suggest for physically attractive male and female heroin sellers and for physically unattractive male and female heroin sellers also, it was found that [i] attractiveness of a sex received favor from the opposite sex, [ii] women, either attractive or unattractive, had effect on men, [iii] women suggested longer imprisonment for a heroin seller, regardless of both the sex and the physical attractiveness of the heroin seller, and [iv] unattractiveness is a disadvantage in all situations