nadel@aerospace.aero.org (M.H. Nadel) (05/23/91)
I ran across this item in the Wall Street Journal the other day. A judge in Alabama dismissed a sexual harassment charge. His reason was that the complainant did not wear makeup or color her hair at the time of the alleged incident. Apparently, the appearance of the alleged harasser's wife indicated that a woman who didn't wear makeup or color her hair could not possibly have been sexually attractive. Following the same logic, I am apparently entirely free to harass clean-shaven men. After all, every man I've been involved with for the past 12 or so years has had a mustache so I couldn't possibly find a clean-shaven man attractive. I know nothing of the merits of this particular case, but from what I read it sounds like this judge wasn't interested enough to find out if there were any. Miriam Nadel -- "Bond had long considered himself the perfect amalgam of brains and brawn - erudite enough to understand the Sunday NY Times; strong enough to carry it." - Sol Weinstein, You Only Live Until You Die nadel@aerospace.aero.org