I know being a yoga instructor is not the same as being a lawyer. But hear me out anyway.
Last week, a judge in New York threw out a claim by a female yoga instructor who claimed she was fired from a chiropractor clinic for being too attractive. Reports The New York Law Journal:
Dilek Edwards alleged she was fired because of a jealous perception by her boss that Edwards was attractive to her husband, with whom Edwards worked, and threatening to their marriage.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shlomo Hagler ruled that a spouse’s jealousy was a lawful reason for termination, citing cases from other jurisdictions holding that attractive females are not a protected class under discrimination law.
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