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When Nailing a Teacher Goes Wrong (1 Viewer)

They need to throw the book at this lady. If you want to sleep with and take advantage of a half dozen of your 14-15 year old students, you better be attractive!
Studies have shown quite consistently that physically attractive defendants are less likely to be perceived as guilty when they've been charged with a crime. Even when they are found guilty, attractive defendants receive more lenient sentences and have lower bails and fines imposed on them.

The attractiveness-leniency effect is even more pronounced in cases of sexual harassment and assault. Some studies have shown that mock jurors consider sexual harassment more likely when the defendant is less attractive, or where the plaintiff is more attractive. In rape trials, attractive defendants are sentenced more leniently than less attractive defendants, and defendants accused of raping an unattractive victim are less likely to be perceived as guilty than those accused of raping an attractive victim.

Some researchers have even quantified this effect: it is thought that less attractive defendants are about 2.5 times more likely to be found guilty by mock jurors than are attractive defendants. Also, guilty verdicts are 2.7 times more likely when the plaintiff is attractive than when they are less attractive. In one study of a mock negligence trial, a defendant who was better-looking than the victim was assessed an average pay-out of $5,623. But when the victim was the more attractive of the two, the average compensation was almost double at $10,051.

Read more: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/do-attractive-people-get-preferential-treatment

 

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