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Fired for being 'too hot,' New Jersey woman claims


Lauren Odes and her attorney Gloria Allred (R) speak at a news conference in New York, May 21, 2012.

A New Jersey woman said on Monday that she was dismissed from a temporary job at a New York lingerie warehouse because her male employers felt she was too busty and dressed too provocatively for the workplace.
Wearing a form-fitting sequined black dress and black leather, sequin-studded boots, Lauren Odes, 29, said her Orthodox Jewish employers at Native Intimates told her that outfit and others like it were “too hot” for the warehouse.
“We should not be judged by the size of our breasts or the shape of our body,” Odes said.
Odes’s attorney, celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, said she filed a gender and religious discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in New York.
Odes said she felt her wardrobe was appropriate for a business that sells “thongs with hearts placed in the female genital area and boy shorts for women that say ‘hot’ in the buttocks area.”
Media photographers climbed on chairs and crashed into each other as Odes held a pose and Allred held up a series of purple, black and brown outfits she said also led to the woman’s dismissal.

Odes said that on successive days during her week-long employment in late April she was warned that her attire was too alluring, that her breasts should be taped down to make them look smaller, and that she was asked to wear a red bathrobe to cover one outfit.
“This whole experience has been horrifying to me,” she told reporters. “I love fashion and I always will, but I don’t believe any woman should be treated as I was.”
Odes, whose said her duties included data entry and coordinating the shipping of samples to customers, said she eventually agreed to purchase a sweater to wear over her dress, but was dismissed anyway.
“I understand that there are Orthodox Jewish men who may have their views about how a woman should dress ... but I do not feel that any employer has the right to impose their religious beliefs on me,” she said.
An employee at the company had no immediate comment on Odes’ claims.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/21/fired-for-being-too-hot-new-jersey-woman-claims

[Mbbest]

She is semi-hot, but to workers she is extra-hot

[TracerBullet00]

I don't think she looks "too hot". And with the stuff the store she worked at sold, I hardly see what the problem is.

[Narubxan]

Hot?
She doesnt even qualify as pretty, not even comely.
fat arms... fat face, i cant guess her figure to be that atractive, im not the kind that only likes anorectic girls but when fat starts rolling out of pants, its a bit too much. (im guessing it does, judging from arms and face)

anyway... if it is a bikini shop... isnt she supposed to dress provocatively?
Maybe she was fired because "wasnt attractive enough", but "too hot" lol.

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but I do not feel that any employer has the right to impose their religious beliefs on me

While i believe that to be true in governmental jobs, i believe that yes, he has any right to judge any of his employers on a private job.
Its his job offer, its his workplace, he has every right to want specific types of workers and fire anyone who isnt the type he wants.
Then again, maybe not by law, but meh.
Its akin to walking naked into someone's house and expect them to accept it "because their views should not influence how i dress", their house, their rules.
if they wanted me to dress in a burka, i would (or just not visit them)

[Adanaliyik]

She was probably fired for wearing the company's goods without paying for them...

And yes, even if it is a lingerie store, wearing nothing but crotchless panties and a peek-a-boo bra at work is probably inappropriate...

:)

[Omega_Prime]

Only thing hot is that if it was, she would melt

[plasty]

She is why God makes head shaped paper bags.

NOTE to G: God is an in intellectual reference NOT a religious one.

[bogus109695]

She's angry at her boss. If she were truly appealing then her boss wouldn't care how she dressed. The issue isn't that she's too hot. Its that she's not hot enough to pull off the outfits she thinks she looks good in.

We've all seen someone (regardless of gender) who in the past looked good in a particular "style". But when they wear it today its repulsive. The glory days are gone. Deal with it.

[CyberKingdom]

Oh, that lawyer again. Funny how everyone thinks you're scum yet you still get paid millions on frivolous lawsuits.

She isn't hot either. She is a 5 at most. Too much make up and even more fat. And I have standards, I'm on the internets.

[Adanaliyik]

I missed commenting on one part of the article. That's where she was told to wear the bathrobe. That wasn't because she was "too alluring", it was to keep the other employees from losing their lunch. Too bad it wasn't also a hoodie...

:)

[moofburger]

Hot? LMAO for rural Estonia maybe

She's built like Rosa Klebb!

[Majes_G]

When your not a prostitute or stripper, dressing inappropriate at work is wrong. As with a real job when one has been warned so many times it is grounds for termination.
The real problem here is why does she feel that she needs so much sexual attention at work by constantly dressing inappropriate?

[ItalicPixels]

I don't think she's pretty but thats up to everyone.

[shin]

Quote: Originally Posted by plasty

Fired for being 'too hot,' New Jersey woman claims