I used to work in unemloyment services (i.e recruting and getting unemployed people into jobs) and we had a guy start working with us that had previously been a regional manager for a large take away company, and he actually said that if he went into the restaurant and there was an unattractive girl at the front register he would go out the back to the manager and ask why she was there and to get her out the back!

I kid you not, I was young at the time, so didn't say anything, but I was horrified!

I do think it depends on the industry though, and I'm not sure it's always a conscious thought - rather something that most people do without reaslising.

TBH, I think we need to admit to ourselves that if someone is 'weird looking' it's easier to ignore them or pass them over for someone else - it's only till we get to know them that we realise their strengths.... its like hiring someone with little experience and giving them a chance to prove themselves. Someone has to give them that chance!