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Yes, these results hold when controlling for such factors; this study would never have been published otherwise Obibring! I urge you to read the actual paper since it appears you are interested.

This is precisely why we conducted an experiment to remove the influence of variation in speech patterns, vocal intonation, nonverbal gestures and physical appearance. Note that the co-author on the male attractiveness in venture funding paper is a co-author on this paper, so we are well aware of these factors. I would point you in the direction of that paper as well since male not female attractiveness was found to improve funding outcomes.

Paul, If you read the paper itself, not just the highlights, you will find that we have controlled for every factor that has been found to impact funding, including past experience of the entrepreneur. The 2nd study (the experiment) then controls for all these factors and only manipulates prevention/promotion levels, finding that the allocation differences are significant. And please note that it is really damaging to science in general when people make comments like "the basic stuff wasn't considered" without actually reading academic studies. Hope you will keep this in mind in the future before posting comments!