今天早上文学城首页看的这个新闻：
美国牙医难拒女助手美色将其开除 法院裁决合法
中新网12月23日电据新加坡《联合早报》报道，美国艾奥瓦州一名牙医因自己无法抗拒员工的美色而将她开除，而最高法院七名法官21日一致裁定他这么做合法。
艾州牙医奈特(53岁)和他的妻子对法院表示，他们的助手梅丽莎·纳尔逊太过迷人，有可能毁了他们的婚姻，于是决定将她开除。
32岁的梅丽莎已在奈特的牙医诊所当了10年的助手，可是在受雇的最后几个月，奈特却多次抱怨，梅丽莎穿衣过于贴身，会让他感到“意乱情迷”。
奈特和梅丽莎都已婚也各有子女。他们会互传短信，谈的大多是彼此的私事和家庭。据知，奈特一度形容梅丽莎不常有房事，如同“一部蓝宝基尼跑车停放在车房里，从不拿来驾驶”。奈特的妻子也在诊所内工作，她发现了这些短信，觉得此事非同小可，要求奈特开除梅丽莎。两人过后与教会牧师商量并获得赞同后，奈特于是开除梅丽莎，并发给她一个月的遣散费。
奈特还告诉梅丽莎的丈夫，他担心自己太过迷恋梅丽莎，最终可能会出轨。梅丽莎对此表示震惊，因为她一直把奈特当成父亲看待，从未想过两人之间会有那种关系。
梅丽莎过后指奈特开除她是性别歧视，向法院提出起诉。她表示，如果她是男人，就不会发生这样的事。她认为，奈特的行为并没有冒犯她，因此没有指控他性骚扰。
案件在艾州最高法院审理后，清一色男性的七名法官一致裁决，老板可开除他们认为具有“不可抗拒诱惑力”的员工。
裁决书指出，虽然在此案件中，梅丽莎没有勾引奈特，她的行为也没有任何不当之处，她被开除或许不公平，但根据艾州民权法，这不属于非法歧视，因为解雇的动机是和感觉与情绪有关，而不是性别。
刚才 Yahoo 上面看到了这个有照片的报道， 终于明白了什么是“不可抗拒诱惑力的美色”。 哈哈哈，同学们， 32 岁的女人皮肤看上去就这么老了？ 知道很多美国人的皮肤是有这种情况的， 但是这个实在是太老了。
Dental Assistant Fired For Being 'Irresistible' Is 'Devastated'
By ABC News | ABC News Blogs – 11 hours ago-
Dental Assistant Fired For Being 'Irresistible' Is 'Devastated' (ABC News)
Tanya Rivero and Alyssa Newcomb report:
After working as a dental assistant for ten years, Melissa Nelson was fired for being too "irresistible" and a "threat" to her employer's marriage."I think it is completely wrong," Nelson said. "I think it is sending a message that men can do whatever they want in the work force."
On Friday, the all-male Iowa State Supreme Court ruled that James Knight, Nelson's boss, was within his legal rights when he fired her, affirming the decision of a lower court.
"We do think the Iowa Supreme Court got it completely right," said Stuart Cochrane, an attorney for James Knight. "Our position has always been Mrs. Nelson was never terminated because of her gender, she was terminated because of concerns her behavior was not appropriate in the workplace. She's an attractive lady. Dr. Knight found her behavior and dress to be inappropriate."
For Nelson, a 32-year-old married mother of two, the news of her firing and the rationale behind it came as a shock.
"I was very surprised after working so many years side by side I didn't have any idea that that would have crossed his mind," she said.
The two never had a sexual relationship or sought one, according to court documents, however in the final year and a half of Nelson's employment, Knight began to make comments about her clothing being too tight or distracting.
"Dr. Knight acknowledges he once told Nelson that if she saw his pants bulging, she would know her clothing was too revealing," the justices wrote.
Six months before Nelson was fired, she and her boss began exchanging text messages about work and personal matters, such as updates about each of their children's activities, the justices wrote.
The messages were mostly mundane, but Nelson recalled one text she received from her boss asking "how often she experienced an orgasm."
Nelson did not respond to the text and never indicated that she was uncomfortable with Knight's question, according to court documents.
Soon after, Knight's wife, Jeanne, who also works at the practice, found out about the text messaging and ordered her hu*****and to fire Nelson.
The couple consulted with a senior pastor at their church and he agreed that Nelson should be terminated in order to protect their marriage, Cochrane said.
On Jan. 4, 2010, Nelson was summoned to a meeting with Knight while a pastor was present. Knight then read from a prepared statement telling Nelson she was fired.
"Dr. Knight felt like for the best interest of his marriage and the best interest of hers to end their employment relationship," Cochrane said.
Knight acknowledged in court documents that Nelson was good at her job and she, in turn, said she was generally treated with respect.
"I'm devastated. I really am," Nelson said.
When Nelson's hu*****and tried to reason with Knight, the dentist told him he "feared he would have an affair with her down the road if he did not fire her."
Paige Fiedler, Nelson's attorney, said in a statement to ABC News affiliate KCRG that she was "appalled" by the ruling.
"We are appalled by the Court's ruling and its failure to understand the nature of gender bias.," she wrote.
"Although people act for a variety of reasons, it is very common for women to be targeted for discrimination because of their sexual attractiveness or supposed lack of sexual attractiveness. That is discrimination based on sex," Fiedler wrote. "Nearly every woman in Iowa understands this because we have experienced it for ourselves."
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