It’s a no Makeup workplace experiment! Myranda stops wearing makeup for a week. Do her coworkers notice or should she quit wearing makeup forever? A few weeks ago, I came across a Telegraph article discussing how bosses admitted to discriminating against women who do not wear makeup in the workplace. The choice whether or not to wear makeup is negatively impacting the hiring of women and their advancement opportunities. As someone who paints her face on a regular basis, this still still appalls me. I can appreciate that I do need to present myself professionally for a job, but I should not be held to an extra step to be considered properly attired. Like the men in the workplace, I should be in appropriate, clean clothes and have run a brush through my hair, but no more. This lead me to conducting an experiment of my own making. What if, for one work week, I didn’t wear any makeup? What would people say? How would I feel, throughout the week, as conditioned as I am to makeup being a part of my public appearance? BEFORE: with my usual full makeup look I prepared myself, internally, before girding my loins and […]

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