Sunday, June 14, 2015

Is she too attractive to work in a Salvation Army men's shelter?


© WDBJ7 Lisa McKinley is suing the Salvation Army, claiming her boss said she was too attractive to work there.

Ron Dicker writes for Huffington Post that Lisa McKinley
in Roanoke, Virginia, is suing the organization in federal court for sexual harassment, claiming she was told that she was too attractive to work there.

Lisa McKinley told local TV station WDBJ7 that she worked at the Salvation Army's Red Shield Lodge for homeless men for nine months in 2013. Her boss, lodge director Mike Moffitt, continually referenced her looks and claimed they were distracting, even calling her a "Jezebel."

The uncomfortable observations began as early as her job interview.

“He kind of blurted out that he wanted to discuss the elephant in the room, which, he was [referring] to my looks,” McKinley told the station. “He was wondering how I was going to handle that in a shelter full of men.”

Moffit did admit to saying McKinley had a "Jezebel spirit" in a declaration he filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year, responding to an EEOC complaint McKinley made. Moffitt conceded that he discussed McKinley's attractiveness with her, but only because he was concerned she would be dealing with men who have "no boundaries," according to the declaration.

After McKinley's "constructive discharge" from her job in 2013, a former co-worker texted her a photo of his penis with the words "MEAT. Let's eat," the suit alleges.

All I can say is that the photo the AP supplied to go with this story does not back up the contents of the story. It's a good thing she filed the suit now, before her "Jezebel" looks fade further.

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