And Dumb Women Aren't Welcome At NASA
Ugly women aren't welcome at American Apparel, internal documents reveal. From a Gawker post, with copies of the docs.
And in Michigan, writes Steve Neavling for the Freep, two former Hooters waitresses in Roseville filed weight discrimination lawsuits against the chain, claiming they got the ax for porking up:
It's one of the first cases to test the state's weight discrimination law, which is part of the broader Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act that bars other types of discrimination, such as race, gender, height and age.Mike McNeil, Hooters' vice president of marketing, said the state law is "one of the long list of things that make it harder for us to do business in Michigan than in our 45 other states."
The law was passed after lawmakers heard from women who said they couldn't land auto, police and fire jobs that men dominated because of height standards.
Some employment and legal experts say the Hooters lawsuit is just one example of how employers often discriminate based on appearance. Others say one's appearance, including weight, can be a legitimate factor in hiring decisions.
Although Michigan has a rare law that bans discrimination based on weight and height, employment still is a lot easier to find if you're thin, lawyers and advocacy groups say.
Sadly, chickies, all things are not open to all people, and the world is not always going to be your oyster. Figure out what the old genes dealt ya, and work with it.
(And, no, they're not going to hire you at the strip club or to head up some elite team at JPL because you have a winning personality.)
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