Sexy Harvard librarian loses glass ceiling lawsuit

[murdoch]

Remember that Harvard is run by Larry Summers - the guy who said women aren't smart enough to become scientists.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/04/librarian.suit.ap

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Harvard University did not discriminate
against a library assistant who claimed she was repeatedly turned down
for promotions because school officials saw her as "a pretty girl"
whose attire was too "sexy," a federal jury found Monday.

Desiree Goodwin, who is black, also claimed that Harvard passed her
over because of her race and gender.
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Goodwin, who has worked as a library assistant at Harvard since 1994,
claimed in the lawsuit that she had been rejected for seven promotions
at the library since 1999.

She said she was shocked when, in late 2001, her supervisor told her
she would never be promoted at Harvard. In court documents, Goodwin
said her supervisor told her she was "a joke" at the university's main
library, where she "was seen merely as a pretty girl who wore sexy
outfits, low cut blouses, and tight pants."
<...>
Goodwin, 40, testified earlier in the trial that she overcame a
childhood marked by poverty and a chaotic family life to attend
Cornell University, Boston College and Simmons College, earning a
bachelor's degree and two master's degrees, including one in library
science.

[Tweed]

1. How sad that I wouldn't read this unless it said "sexy" in the title

I really don't care about the glass ceiling unless it affects women who are sexy.

[Moderator]

2. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1368368