Sadly looks matter too much in our culture, so even employers look beyond qualifications to find the more attractive qualified person, even if the women applicants who are less attractive have better qualifications. I don't think this is likely to change.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.