They're radio hosts with pathetic TV shows. Their appearance prevents them from gathering the same audience they have on radio (Rush's show was cancelled very quickly, I believe). And you're forgetting that as lot of male AND female talk show hosts are conventionally unattractive. Star Jones was, Sally Jesse Rapheal, Ricki Lack, Rosie O'Donnel, as well as Letterman and Al Roker, who both get made fun of frequently for their appearance. Also, do women and men take Gary Colman seriously even though he's 4 feet tall? (he's a joke to almost everyone, including a lot of women I know) While they women get flack for being unattractive, so do the men I mentioned, and some of those men have failed in a picture based medium but succeeded in radio while those women haven't. You're ignoring the fact that men and women are frequently judged and frequently judge each other by physical appearance (I study attraction theory, women have it worse but it goes both ways, ask for a citation and I'll provide it).
Charisma is directly linked to physical appearance for both men and women. This book at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1567506372/qid=1134874523/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-6658040-5583033?n=507846&s=books&v=glance is an excellent start to reading how it affects our perception of others and also includes the study on charisma. The halo effect is universal. You can look up studies of how people perceive short men to prove this almost instantly. Male midgets are frequently an object of derision in mainstream media.
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