Where'd you find a photo of my supervisor?
Posted on 02/18/2005 2:31:09 PM PST by SmithL
Two former employees of the Gorilla Foundation, home to Koko the "talking" ape, have filed a lawsuit contending that they were ordered to bond with the 33-year-old female simian by displaying their breasts.
Nancy Alperin and Kendra Keller, both of San Francisco, are taking on the Woodside nonprofit and its president, Francine "Penny" Patterson.
Their lawsuit, filed Tuesday in San Mateo County Superior Court, alleges sexual discrimination, wrongful termination in retaliation for reporting health and safety violations, and failure to pay overtime or provide rest breaks.
It seeks more than $1 million total in damages for the two women.
The suit follows complaints filed by Alperin and Keller in January with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, in which they gave identical reasons for why they were fired: "I refused to expose my breast to perform acts of bestiality with one of the gorillas."
The lawsuit goes into more detail.
One example: "On at least two incidents in mid-to-late June 2004, Patterson intensely pressured Keller to expose herself to Koko while they were working outside where other employees could potentially view Keller's naked body
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
I may be off the wall on with this, but I don't really see anything wrong with the zoo asking their female employees to do this.
Not as long as they can say no without prejudicing their employment.
THe girls need to remove their tops to bond with the gorilla...yeah, that's the ticket!
Where'd you find a photo of my supervisor?
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