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October 23, 2015
Q. It's a tall order for people to increase their pay at the job, to get a better job, to become the company CEO, or when all goes really right to win a U.S. presidential election. So how might these ends be effected?
A. Via the hormone testosterone, which among other things increases physical stature, says Anjan Chatterjee in “The Aesthetic Brain.” Additional height is something that most people like. Taller men, for instance, almost always win U.S. presidential elections, are more likely to be the CEOs of successful companies and to draw higher starting salaries. “The link between height and status goes both ways. People thought to be powerful are seen as a few inches taller than if they were thought to be relatively powerless.”
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