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shedgy
I just heard about this the other day! Fabulous set!!
nadinekenific
Really?! I mean what in the world is she to do??? Some women pay big bucks for a curvy figure. Bless them for trying but she can't keep a good job because of it. SICK!!!
misty9241
That is terrible about that woman :( I am so disappointed - i don't think a woman needs to look 'manly' in order to be professional. I love you set!!!! The clothes all look great :)
monypussy
gorgeous!
misstomtom
i love this! creating stylish work clothes is so hard, well done!
tessbuckler
saw news spot about what happened ... double ditto your feelings! *Good Nite-Nurse* (my granddad's version of cursing) .... we've woken up in Bizzaro world!
bjornine
I have not heard this particular story, but the reason my career was ruined, is similar to this. There was a sociopath in the picture then, but impossible for a woman to fight back. I suppose lawyers were not really "with" us either. This was in 1989 in Norway. things are better here now, but still it's not an advantage to be a woman , especially in a leading position. The "claims" against me from the newly hired boss, was that I was too perfect, too good at my job. In fact, he told me I was the best personal assistant he had ever had but he did not want me to work with the company. Only when I broke down and cried, did he seem to suddenly change and want me to stay. But by then it was too late. Daily harrassment over a long period of time made me ill, and I was sent streight to hospital.
It has taken time to build up a new life, but it became too late to get a job again. No one believed my story. Solid CV, jobs abroad, university education - nothing helped as long as I had a working gap of a couple of years. And not even that the boss was fired not very long after, after having also hurt/damaged other people.
I hope Debrahlee will be able to find another job worthy of her - and succeed in the case against Citigroup.
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Okay. I don't generally make political sets. And I realize that this is only one side of the story. But if it's true, I'm so mad I could spit! Has anyone else heard about this? Do I have it wrong? If I'm misinformed, I'll take the set down, but when I look at her picture, she looks perfectly professional to me.
Here's the whole column... summary below.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/opinion/06dowd.html?hp
Debrahlee Lorenzana, a 33-year-old single mother, filed suit against Citigroup, claiming that she was fired in August from the Citibank branch at the Chrysler Center for looking too sexy.
“The reality is, I’m a size 32 DD. I’m very skinny, and then I have curves. So, of course, on my body, the turtleneck is going to make it more noticeable. But I’m not showing cleavage. We wear jackets.”
Lorenzana’s lawsuit says that her bosses told her that her female colleagues could wear what they liked because their “general unattractiveness rendered moot their sartorial choices.” Her well-tailored clothes, on the other hand, emphasized what her lawyer calls her “hourglass figure.”
Here's the whole column... summary below.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/opinion/06dowd.html?hp
Debrahlee Lorenzana, a 33-year-old single mother, filed suit against Citigroup, claiming that she was fired in August from the Citibank branch at the Chrysler Center for looking too sexy.
“The reality is, I’m a size 32 DD. I’m very skinny, and then I have curves. So, of course, on my body, the turtleneck is going to make it more noticeable. But I’m not showing cleavage. We wear jackets.”
Lorenzana’s lawsuit says that her bosses told her that her female colleagues could wear what they liked because their “general unattractiveness rendered moot their sartorial choices.” Her well-tailored clothes, on the other hand, emphasized what her lawyer calls her “hourglass figure.”
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