It seems that Bret Easton Ellis was on
to something when he invented Patrick Bateman:
For men, every extra 10 minutes daily grooming increases their weekly wages
by 6 percent.
Interestingly, the effect is much smaller for women: there really isn’t
any need to spend lots of hours and dollars straightening your natural
black hair.
The full paper, by Jayoti Das and Stephen DeLoach, is here.
(Via Alea)