美国新泽西州一名女子因“胸部过于丰满、衣着过于火辣”而被其男性雇主辞退,她于日前向美国公平就业机会委员会提出投诉。
Lauren Odes, left, and her attorney Gloria Allred hold a press conference at the Omni Hotel in New York, Monday May 21, 2012.
A New
Jersey1 woman said on Monday that she was dismissed from a temporary job at a New York
lingerie(女内衣) warehouse2 because her male employers felt she was too busty and dressed too
provocatively3 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 outfit4 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, celebrity5 lawyer Gloria Allred, said she filed a gender6 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 "thongs7 with hearts placed in the female genital area and boy shorts for women that say 'hot' in the buttocks(臀部) 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 outfits8 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 attire9 was too alluring10(诱惑的) , 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 horrifying11 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, who said her duties included data entry and coordinating12 the shipping13 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 immediate14 comment on Odes' claims.