# Iowa Court upholds employer's right to fire hot chicks
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-court-upholds-employers-right-to-fire-hot-chicks/644848
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [December 22, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-court-upholds-employers-right-to-fire-hot-chicks/644848 "2012-12-22T17:08:25Z")
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### Author:  [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-court-upholds-employers-right-to-fire-hot-chicks/644848/81 "2013-07-13T01:07:31Z")
Does/could the fact that he (presumably) hired the woman himself, and employed her for 10 years, affect the ruling on whether or not it was sexual discrimination?
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> The Iowa Supreme Court basically said gender discrimination is fine if you claim you are sexually attracted to the person. You do not really have to be. Just claim you are (who could gainsay you?).
Why does it have to be any specific gender? Or what if you’re racist? You could pretend to have an uncontrollable desire for all black people!
Is there really nothing else employers could lie about if they wanted to be bigots?
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-court-upholds-employers-right-to-fire-hot-chicks/644848/82 "2013-07-13T01:14:07Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> Gender discrimination is against the law. The Iowa Supreme Court basically said gender discrimination is fine if you claim you are sexually attracted to the person. You do not really have to be. Just claim you are (who could gainsay you?).
Pretext is a problem with all anti-discrimination laws. Anyway, the IASC didn’t say it was okay to fire somebody because they were hot in all cases. They said it was okay under _these_ facts: i.e. where your marriage is threatened. We’ll see how broadly lower courts apply the ruling.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-court-upholds-employers-right-to-fire-hot-chicks/644848/83 "2013-07-13T08:15:39Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> Gender discrimination is against the law. The Iowa Supreme Court basically said gender discrimination is fine if you claim you are sexually attracted to the person. You do not really have to be. Just claim you are (who could gainsay you?).
I thought the dentist’s argument was that he _wasn’t_ attracted to her - it’s his wife who had a problem with her. He didn’t fire her because she was too attractive, he fired her because his wife is irrationally jealous.
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