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After a female neurology professor had a viral tweet about the sexism of Rate My Professors chili pepper (hotness) rating, the website has removed the feature. Featured Video BethAnn McLaughlin, a ...

It's often debated whether standards of beauty are social constructs or not; in case you've ever wondered how much other people's opinions affect how hot we think someone is, though, here's some ...

This is one of the reasons "RateMyProfessors.com" is not a useful resource, the metrics are stupid. You also end up with rankings mostly based on how easy a course is rather than anything else because ...

The University of South Carolina’s new Darla Moore School of Business on Greene street Tim Dominick tdominick@thestate.com A popular website for students to post reviews of their professors has ...

Ranking people's looks (and sexual prowess) is an age-old human pleasure. I imagine even the cavemen came up with some kind of crude, visual way to rank their cavewomen lady friends. Apparently, ...