United States Sues Red Lobster for Sexual Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued GMRI, Inc., doing business as Red Lobster in Baltimore for sexual harassment. The lawsuit alleges that a male manager at the restaurant sexually harassed numerous female subordinates with various repulsive acts, including pressing his groin against them, grabbing and groping them against their will. It further alleges that the women tried to complain, but the manager above him was a sexual harasser as well. Let's hope these lobster attacks will not happen to these women anymore.

EEOC Sues Red Lobster for Sexual Harassment - EEOC Press Release

 

United States Sues Kenan Transport Co. of Spartanburg, SC for Pregnancy Discrimination and Retaliation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued Kenan Transport Co. of Spartanburg, SC for pregnancy discrimination and retaliation. The lawsuit alleges that the company forced a female billing clerk to take unpaid medical leave because she was pregnant, and then fired her after she complained about it.

Spartanburg Trucking Company Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination and Retaliation - EEOC Press Release

Destination Tahoe Hotel Settles in Sexual Harassment Suit

A Tahoe Ski Resort company called Destination Tahoe Hotel is shelling out $30k for a sexual harassment suit brought against it by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit alleged that a male manager sexually harassed a female subordinate (a food server) and that the company then demoted her after she complained about it.

Tahoe Ski Resort Settles EEOC Suit for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation - EEOC Press Release

Pregnant Women in New York City Now Entitled to Greater Legal Protections from Discrimination

New York City just passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. In a nutshell, the Act requires employers to give reasonable accommodations to pregnant women on the job. Under most such laws, pregnancy by itself is not considered a disability that would entitle someone to any accommodations on the job but only becomes a disability if it is accompanied by an additional medical condition. This law is quite progressive then as far as these laws go. Only 7 states (AK, CA, CT, HI, IL, LA, and TX) have similar laws at the state level. And at the federal level, a similar law, the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, was introduced in Congress in May of this year but has not passed.

New York City Passes Law To Protect Pregnant Workers From Discrimination - Think Progress

Mormon Women Protest for the Right to Become Priests

Mormon ladies are getting feisty! A Mormon activist group called Ordain Women organized a group of some 150 Mormon women and their supporters at an all-male convention of Mormon priests. The women were turned away. I wonder how long it will be before Mormons level the playing (or preaching) field. For that matter, I wonder how long it will be before these women realize that these religions are inherently sexist and they can simply start their own religion! But who am I to say they should not still fight for equality within their existing establishment? By all means, preach on, ladies.

Mormon Officials Turn Away 150 Female Members From All-male Conference - The Raw Story

Title IX Investigations All Over the Country Halted by Government Shutdown

There is at least one group of people that is actually benefitting from the federal government shutdown over the past week: college rapists!! The U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is typically charged with compliance and enforcement of the sexual assault investigations happening (or, more commonly, not happening) on all higher education campuses across the country that receive federal funding. However, as a result of the shutdown, OCR is 94% shut down as well and will not able to do its job. This of course will lead to more deficiencies in the way rape complaints are handled at schools around the country. Such services are apparently not essential, according to the government. Bad news bears.

College Sexual Assault Investigations Grind To Halt Due To Shutdown - Huffington Post

Hold Onto Your Ovaries Before You Get Behind That Wheel! Holy Ovaries, These Women Want to Drive Cars!

This is hilarious. But I think the title of the article conveys that pretty well already. Note that this man is NOT a doctor of any kind and of course has absolutely no scientific evidence whatsoever for his claim that women in Saudi Arabia will damage their ovaries if they start driving cars. WHAT?! Uh . . . mm-kay. He is a cleric--as in, member of the church. I wonder whether, under this theory he has seemingly pulled out of his you-know-what, opening bank accounts, traveling, working, or getting an education without express permission from one's male guardian (all of which are also still outlawed for women in Saudi Arabia), will also cause damage to the ovaries?? And I wonder whether all of this ovarian damage is occurring to women engaging in these activities all over the world, or whether it is something specific to Saudi ovaries?? I wish we knew about this riveting (NOT) theory.

Saudi Cleric Warns Driving Could Damage Women's Ovaries - CNN