Women - you MUST wear makeup!!! (reject, sex, Christ, organizations)

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Women Can Be Fired for Refusing to Wear Makeup, Court Rules
01/08/2005 9TH CIRCUIT COURT SAYS FIRED WOMAN CANNOT SUE MAKEUP-REQUIRING EMPLOYER

http://www.indybay.org/archives/arch...category_id=31

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on December 28th, 2004 that a female employee fired for refusing to wear makeup cannot sue her employer for sex discrimination. Darlene Jespersen had been employed by Harrah’s Resorts as a bartender in Reno for over two decades. In 2000 Harrah's put into place a “Personal Best” policy that required female employees to wear their hair "teased, curled or styled," and wear "foundation/concealer and/or face powder, as well as blush and mascara," nail polish, and lipstick. Male bartenders at Harrah's were only required to wear their hair above the collar and keep their nails clean and neatly trimmed.

Jespersen was fired when she objected that the new standards "forced her to be feminine" and made her feel "dolled up" like a sex object. Jespersen said that when she had worn makeup in the past, she had felt that it interfered with her ability to win the respect of customers that would be necessary or her to deal with them when they were unruly. The 2-1 decision rejected Jespersen’s suit, saying that she had not shown that feminine standards were significantly more burdensome than those imposed on men. The Court held that sex stereotyping rulings – such as the landmark Supreme Court case decision Hopkins v. Price Waterhouse – did not specifically address the issue of sex-differentiated grooming standards.

In the dissenting opinion, Judge Sidney Thomas stated, "Harrah's fired Jespersen because of her failure to confirm to sex stereotypes, which is discrimination based on sex and is therefore impermissible under Title VII (of the US Civil Rights Act)." The decision was largely ignored by the mainstream media and mainstream feminist organizations, perhaps due to the fact that it was announced between the Christmas and New Year holidays.

[No*s]

Sucks to be a member of a religious group that doesn't do make-up or simply not like it after that ruling. At least there's appeals...

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Originally Posted by No*s

Sucks to be a member of a religious group that doesn't do make-up or simply not like it after that ruling. At least there's appeals...

That WAS an appeal court - the only thing left is the Supreme Court.

Bob

[No*s]

That's why I'm hoping for appeals. There is still hope. That is an example of an abysmally stupid ruling. Their law professors must be either embarassed or rolling over in their graves.

[SoulTYPE]

I still think it is sexist, regardless of post being removed..

[Fluffy]

Thats horrible! Unlucky timing as well

[retrorich]

What a totally ridiculous ruling! Where do they find these judges?

[huajiro]

I bet the judges are ex-circus clowns

[Seyorni]

shame! I say boycott Harrah's.

[Sunstone]

I think that an employer generally has a right to impose a dress code on employees if the employer can show that the dress code is beneficial to conducting its business. But it's dress code must also be reasonable, and I'm far from sure that it is reasonable to expect a bartender to go through the expense in time and money that meeting Harrah's dress code on a daily basis would require her to do.