Nikolai Grushevski, a man from Corpus Christi, has filed a lawsuit because Hooters wouldn’t let him work as a waiter, which we guess would be called a Hooters Boy.
“Hooters tries to circumvent the law by referring to its waiters as ‘Hooters Girls.’ Hooters is wrong,” claims the lawsuit, filed yesterday in federal court in Corpus. “Just as Southwest Airlines attempted nearly three decades ago with stewardesses, the waiter’s position addressed herein is being limited to females by an employer ‘…who merely wishes to exploit female sexuality as a marketing tool to attract customers and insure profitability.’”
Exactly. Thankfully, the lawsuit says that Grushevski isn’t trying to stop the restaurant from hiring Hooters Girls. In 1997, Hooters paid seven Chicago men $2 million after they filed a similar lawsuit. As a result of the settlement, the position of kitchen and bartender were deemed “gender neutral.”
Hair Balls couldn’t reach Grushevski or his lawyer, and a Hooters spokeswoman (no spokesman?!) hasn’t responded either. We’ll post an update as soon as we hear back from either.
I believe sporting a nice pair of Hooters should remain a prerequisite for the job.
#38, SL,
Look up the XIV Amendment, Sec. I
…nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
This was codified by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Most States also have their own Civil Rights Acts. Without delving into it, it is a long piece, no one in the public domain may discriminate against another person because of their race, national origin, sex, religion, or age. There are very few narrow exceptions to that rule.
As someone pointed out earlier, they hired a female nurse to chaperon a physician while doing exams on female patients. Another is where the discrimination is based upon an artistic requirement, such as the Rockettes or choosing who will play Superman in a movie.
We are permitted to discriminate in private. If you wish to date only nubile, young, top heavy, blonds with soft lips and black roots then so be it, no one can stop you. If you have a poker club and only want single guys to play, go for it. If you start an expensive Country Club and each new member is scrutinized and voted in then there is nothing to stop you from only allowing certain people, for example no Jews, blacks, Democrats, or poor people.
But you can’t advertise that you will only hire a nubile, young, top heavy blond to be your counter person at your dry cleaning store.
So what “right” is that? The right to be treated as a person and not for your race, skin color, national origin, sex, age, or the amount of silicone already in place.
Why should he be denied the opportunity to make good money as a waiter there? Of course any red blooded 22 year old wants to work at Hooters, beer, sports, hot women lots of customers- where else can he make good money in Corpus?
Not only that…but what else are they discriminating about, hair color, religion, where does it end???