For women in the workplace, it's still about looks

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to students at Dhaka International School.

By Eve Tahmincioglu

For women and their careers, it?s often not about what they do but how they look. More proof of that came last week.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made headlines around the world not for anything she did but because she appeared without makeup on a trip to Bangladesh.

?Hillary Clinton addresses ?au naturale? liberation,? said?political blog The Drudge Report, while trend site Styleite.com declared that Clinton ?just wants to be normal and do things like wear her hair in a scrunchie, party with her girlfriendsand go out without a stitch of makeup.?

The kicker was England?s Daily Mail, which said Clinton?s moment?sans makeup?made her look ?tired and withdrawn.?

Similarly former News International CEO?Rebekah Brooks?drew angry comments Friday not just for her role in a phone hacking scandal but for her appearance, especially her curly red hair, when she testified before a British government inquiry led by Lord Justice Leveson.

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Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks, testifies at the Leveson Inquiry.

Here are some of the popular Brooks tweets for the day:

  • A?date?for?your?diary?/?Rebekah?Brooks,?at?the?inquiry?/?Hair?and temperament,?fiery?/?Words,?liary
  • Rebekah?Brooks. We get it. You have lots of curly red hair, but wearing Orphan Annie's dress to the Leveson hearing? Seriously?

There?s even a Facebook page dedicated to Brooks' hair, called Rebekah Brook's hair is so big because it's full of secrets.

It goes to show that no matter how high up in business or politics a woman gets ??or how hard she falls ? in the end the focus is often about how she looks and not what she does.

?We?re still held to a double standard,? said Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who produced the 2011 documentary ?Miss Representation??about the underrepresentation of women in powerful positions.

?It?s tragic,? she said. ?We have an obsession with women?s looks. Unfortunately our culture has bought into this whole double standard that a women?s value is her beauty not her capacity to lead.?

The Look: Hillary Clinton doesn't care if you see her without makeup

Women certainly feel the pressure to look good. Nearly half of women don?t feel good about themselves unless they?re wearing makeup, according to a study released this year by the Renfrew Center Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on eating disorder research and treatment.

The online study, conducted by Harris Interactive for Renfrew, polled nearly 1,300 adult women and found 44 percent "have negative feelings when they are not wearing makeup," including feeling self-conscious, unattractive or that something is missing. Only 3 percent said going without makeup made them feel more attractive.

?Wearing makeup to enhance one?s appearance is normal in our society and often a rite of passage for young women,? said Adrienne Ressler, national training director for Renfrew and a body image expert. ?There is concern, however, when makeup no longer becomes a tool for enhancement but rather a security blanket that conceals negative feelings about one?s self-image and self-esteem.?

Many women trying to climb the ladder of success believe they need to enhance their looks or face career doom.

?This goes to the heart of what we still see in the work world today,? said Nancy Mellard, general counsel for business services company CBIZ, which offers a program to?develop of women professionals through focused leadership, mentoring and networking. ?Whether you?re coming up the career path or at the height of your career like Clinton, we still see women, certainly more than men, judged on appearance not accomplishments.?

While blatant discrimination in the workplace is less common than it was 20 years ago, she said, there are still subtle biases that may be hardest to combat.

TODAY Style: Kathie Lee, Hoda dare to bare (their faces)

One study sponsored by the Women?s Media Center and She Should Run,?a group advocating for more women in public leadership, found that sexist comments about female candidates, including critiques on appearance, lead voters to question how effective they would be.

Often the people bashing how women look are other women. ?We?re some of the worst,? Mellard said.

Newsom agreed. ?It speaks to our own insecurities. We are complicit and have also bought into this, and the only way to change things is for women to start seeing each other more as sisters and supporting, not judging each other.?

TODAY's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb have nothing to hide. The co-hosts bare it all and wear no makeup on the show. See who else is exposed without makeup.

Judging each other based on looks, however, is a reality we all have to face because there?s a "beauty benefit" for men as well as women in the workplace.

?Research by economists has shown that ?beautiful people?, both men and women, have higher pay than less attractive people, holding constant many other factors about the individuals,? said Anne York, associate professor of economics at Meredith College?s School of Business. ?So it really does pay for everyone to look good for work.?

?In the case of Hillary Clinton, though, it was quite ridiculous to me that when she went with a natural face, which millions of men do every day, that it made the news with close-up photos of her face," she added. " While her appearance made a lot of news, I don?t think that is necessarily bad if it can start a conversation on accepting more women with a natural appearance.?

Of course, men can?fall victim to image-bashing as well.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg?s hoodie has been a hot topic on social media lately. But unlike attacks on Clinton?s face or Brooks? hair, there?s little fear hoodiegate will undermine the main power base in the business world today ? rich white guys.

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Final Reflectinos ? Israeli Passion Drives Success ? BUSINESS ...

At the poster session, where our class presented our research posters to the greater St. Louis community, I realized the depth of what we covered in Business Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Israel.? As I glanced around the room, not only did I have a basic understanding of my classmate?s research, but also I was able to have an intellectual conversation with the people walking around.

One conversation stuck out most to me .It was with a rabbi, a professor, and an entrepreneur. My conversation began with the rabbi.? I explained to him about Charity In Israel, my project, and he begin to give me insight about how having wealth in Israel used to be considered ?embarrassing.? Every Israeli was supposed to be equal so being higher would make one an outcast. This was something I had not heard before. Then the professor and the entrepreneur walked over. The professor overheard some of this conversation and before I knew it they were debating a miniscule detail of wealth in Israel. While they were debating, I asked the entrepreneur about his start-up. He explained how he made a software program that helped employers evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of potential candidates.

This conversation embodied everything I learned about Israel and everything I saw while I was in Israel. For starters, the argument between the professor and the rabbi illustrated a ?typical? conversation in Israel. Their conversation demonstrated Israeli?s personality. They were passionate and heated but at the end of the conversation they were friends. They said what they wanted and no ones feelings were hurt. The entrepreneur also represented an entrepreneur that would be easily found in Israel. He proudly spoke about his complex software system. His excitement towards he accomplishment was the reason I was amazed by his idea. He also proceeded to say that he was working on something new.

This conversation made me reflect on the thing that I found to be the most amazing about Israel, the people. Throughout the class, we learned about a country that despite all odds is extremely successful. The people are not just blunt and straightforward; they are passionate. Whether the passion be in response to what they think or what they want to accomplish, there is no question passion is evident. By both the argument and the entrepreneur?s software, one can get the idea that there is no limit. While the professor and the rabbi were debating, there was no limit to what they would say to get their idea across. The entrepreneur showed that there was no limit by not stopping with one success. He is continuing with a new idea. This endless passion existed in every single company we visited, every article we read, and every classmate?s presentation that we listened to.

When I first started learning about Israel, I couldn?t figure out how a country with so few natural resources, such a small population, and a rocky geopolitical situation could be so successful. As the course concludes the answer is simple.? It is what it is because of? the people. The Israelis? ?chutzpa? is unmatched anywhere else. Israelis take an idea or a thought and are driven by it. They are able to over come many obstacles just with their passion. Their passion has made Israel more than just an interesting place to learn about. Their passion has made Israel an economic powerhouse.

Alexis ? Olin Business School ? Freshman ? New York

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Aside from the health question, the other major change this year is that Buffett will take questions from the Wall Street analysts he has historically held in such low regard.

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"The question that's never been asked as far as I know, nobody's ever asked Warren Buffett 'why do you think the stock price has lagged so much?'" said Steve Check, president and chief investment officer of Check Capital Management in California.

"We get that from our clients," said Check, whose firm's largest holding by a wide margin is Berkshire B shares.

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Shareholders will also be hoping for a look at the two men who will shepherd Berkshire's investment portfolio after Buffett is gone, newly hired managers Todd Combs and Ted Weschler.

Combs has been building his portfolio, taking Berkshire into more tech and retail investments, while Weschler recently started and will soon show his hand.

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