Can bosses fire women for being just too smoking hot?
The Supreme Court in Iowa on Friday answered with a resounding yes. Click here to read the dirty details in The New York Post.
An Iowa City dentist fired his assistant for being “irresistably attractive.” The woman sued. The case went all the way to the state supreme court. The panel of all-male judges completely understood. The dentist’s wife apparently got jealous. The dentist had to appease his wife for the sake of family values.
They’re calling it the bombshell ruling. It is simply unbelievable. From the facts of this case it sounds like the woman should have sued for sexual harrassement, but she claimed gender discrimination instead. The court then ruled hotties are just not a protected class.
If you can be fired for being too beautiful, it stands to reason you can also be fired for being too ugly. These judges have embarassed themselves just by hearing this case.
The dentist’s lawyer called the case a home run for family values in the New York Post story linked above. The dentist decided to fire the woman after consulting with a pastor. Isn’t it funny how someone in a professional environment can take a stand for family values while complaining that his way-too-hot assistant is “like having a Lamborghini in the garage and never driving it.”
December 23, 2012
Not surprised. Its just part of the last grasp or men, particularly white males, in trying to hold on to their dominance. When men feel impotent, as they were in this past election (tossing around terms such as ‘legitimate rape, ‘transvaginal ultrasounds’ as if they were doctors and had a right to degrade women). they lash out and go after what they perceive is the weakest ‘victim’. In this case, women. Men these days are just not in control and they hate that,poor babies. So they go ater women, their sexualtiy, their sensuality and their bodies,both inside and out. Its just the lowest form of abuse that gutter rats choose to visit upon good women. It’s also rape of different type. Ho Hum. Poor dentist. I’m thinking that while the courts may have decided with bias, the women patients are in the process of seeking a new dentist. As to The Wife, she might want to kiss all her bling good bye once this gets around. Love male & female sexism at work- especially when she doesn’t.