The curse of curviness
A lingerie store fires a staffer for being too buxom — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
By The Week Staff | May 25, 2012
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New Jersey office worker says she was fired for being too voluptuous — by a company that makes erotic lingerie. Lauren Odes says she knew her employers at Native Intimates were Orthodox Jews, but was shocked nonetheless to be told she was "too hot." The lingerie wholesale company, she says, "sells things with hearts on the female genitals and boy shorts for women that say 'hot' in the buttocks area."
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