I would suggest, on the obverse of the coin, that Dennis Kucinich would be taken more seriously if he looked like Joe Biden or Bill Richardson. Or even John Edwards.
Actually, you raise an extremely relevant point that further illustrates exactly my point!
What is there about Kucinich's appearance that might be improved? If Kucinich has exactly that same physical appearance... except his height was changed to 6 foot 3"... in that case would you make the same comment about Kucinich being more successful? For me, the answer is clear. It is not Kucinich's face, or hair.... it is his height. He looks like a puny shrimp stranding beside his wife.
Now examine the obverse. Doe anyone care how tall a woman candidate is? Not as far as I know. So why the difference? It is clearly a gender based difference in intuitive evaluation where people think that taller men are more powerful.... but not so for women. So again, it illustrates my point that men and women are evaluated on different scales... right or wrong, I propose that is a fact.
