Everything about Debrahlee Lorenzana is hot. Even her name sizzles. At five-foot-six and 125 pounds, with soft eyes and flawless bronze skin, she is J.Lo curves meets Jessica Simpson rack meets Audrey Hepburn elegance—a head-turning beauty.
In many ways, the story of her life has been about getting attention from men—both the wanted and the unwanted kind. But when she got fired last summer from her job as a banker at a Citibank branch in Midtown—her bosses cited her work performance—she got even hotter. She sued Citigroup, claiming that she was fired solely because her bosses thought she was too hot.
This is the way Debbie Lorenzana tells it: Her bosses told her they couldn’t concentrate on their work because her appearance was too distracting. They ordered her to stop wearing turtlenecks. She was also forbidden to wear pencil skirts, three-inch heels, or fitted business suits. Lorenzana, a 33-year-old single mom, pointed out female colleagues whose clothing was far more revealing than hers: “They said their body shapes were different from mine, and I drew too much attention,” she says.
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“It’s like saying,” [Attorney Jack] Tuckner argues, “that we can’t think anymore ’cause our penises are standing up—and we cannot think about you except in a sexual manner—and we can’t look at you without wanting to have sexual intercourse with you.
Well, I’m distracted…
I’d love to tap that. Hubba Hubba!! I don’t think I’d get any work done around her either!!
Why is she a teller when someone obviously is taking professional pictures of her?
If women are such a distraction, why even bother hiring them?
I can’t believe this wasn’t the first comment but:
I’d make a deposit. If you know what I mean.
If she can read a teleprompter, she would be perfect on one of those 24hr news channels.
If you work on concrete you have to be nuts to wear three inch heels.
She wasn’t hittable. Therefore she was fired.
#7. That’s likely the real story.
The manager’s wife. That’s all I’m saying.
If I ever start a company, there is a standing job offer for Debbie at any time.
Nobody should be fired for their looks. I would never do it.
However, I have sympathy for the bosses. I was interviewing secretaries and the two most qualified candidates came down to a pretty young woman and a frumpy overweight middle-age woman.
I was seriously tempted to hire the less attractive woman simply because it was easier. But the young woman was better qualified.
I hired the pretty woman and I got accused of sexism at an office meeting. Also, she wore short skirts and I was constantly worried that I would be accused of leering at her. It’s a hassle to have a sexy woman in the office!
Whatever happened, she’ll be in Playboy any day now.
My client pleads insanity, ’cause he’s crazy about that girl.
Greg – don’t be silly. Any business that interfaces directly with customers, would be pleased to have such a looker to represent them. This leads me to sorta kinda believe the “work performance” excuse for dismissing her. Let’s face it, when ‘god’ gives you that much in the package, there isn’t much room for brains. She probably can’t think coherently with an auxiliary generator powering her minuscule brain.
But – if I’d been her boss, I would have promoted her to official greeter and given her a raise to offset the cost of pencil skirts and Manolos.
Only problem is, every time you roll back from your desk, the central drawer would be pulled open. And you know what they say you should do if the condition lasts more than four hours…
#11 Eric – Careful. If Curry thinks you like her, he’s likely to head off into a rant. According to the page you linked to, she’s a member of the Council for Foreign Relations. The conspiracists think that is a major component of the New World Order.
I guess that her bosses are telling her to convert to Islam and take the veil. Then she would have a case on religious freedom!
I have seen this in my own career. A number of years ago, there was a QA manager who was so unbelievably hot that most men really could not work (or many even speak) in her presence. It was amazing to watch.
She de-optimized her appearance and became much less attractive at work.
The issue went away.
But after that, the days at work were not the same.
>> Animby said, on June 2nd, 2010 at 6:22 pm
>> Greg – don’t be silly. Any business that interfaces directly with customers,
That was not the case in my situation — it was just a regular secretarial position.
It’s not being silly to say that hiring the beautiful woman was a bigger hassle for me than hiring the less-attractive one. At the very least, I would not have been accused of being sexist for hiring the less-attractive woman.
Yeah. I’d hit that ! Fuck’n Aye. Nail her with me club.
Well, she’s too hot to be your mom.
Where I work I happen to believe there’s a conspiracy among the female staff to hire only ugly women. They control the interview panels and its been years since one even moderately attractive woman has ever been hired.
Needless to say, I’m a depressed little monkey at work.
Only out of shape men or men that are physically unattractive feel awkward around beautiful women.
If you are accustomed to being around them all the time, it’s just normal.
The main problem is that there are too many “fatnerds” in this country.
The dynamics work like this: if you are a male working around a female of higher sex appeal, that thought will dominate your mind and you’ll wonder what it would take for someone like her to like someone like you (answer: she wouldn’t).
But if you are a male in great shape and take care of yourself, you aren’t even affected because attractive women make conversation and flirt with you all the time.
Typical internet age whore bullshit. She’ll have more money flying her way now then she would have at Citibank. I also love how she has these photos all ready to go. Dime a dozen.
Hmeyers,
BS
In my experience, the “type” of man incapacitated by an overtly sexual siren had nothing to do with the effect.
I myself was an out-of-shape, alpha nerd type, (though I was married in a very stable and rewarding relationship) and I had no problems around the siren. But there were other, nerds and more athletic/jock guys alike, married and single, who would literally run into a wall if they even saw her.
and seetheblacksun, while the story of the woman portrayed MIGHT be BS, I can assure you that it is quite possible that a woman can be so sexually attractive that many, if not most, men are literally incapacitated in their presence. Seen it myself. Sexual attractiveness is a learned behavior, though probably requires some minimum of physical appearance.
We have a good friend who studied this and worked very hard to perfect it when she was in college. She could turn it off and on at will and when she was “on”, she even LOOKED different… better, intensely sexual and aluring. Amazing.
Sadly, she has buried two husbands. Guess they could not take the stress. But they probably died happy.
I had an incredibly attractive secretary at one time. You get used to it. It certainly helps if “they” are totally professional as well.
During a rash of sexual harassment complaints in our 3000 employee business, I had a conversation about this with the company shrink: “How come in xx years I’ve never had a female employee come on to me?” He said, “Yea same here, I guess we just don’t give off the vibrations.”
It works both ways.
Maybe they want her to wear a Snuggie to work? (I do – It matches my “unique” physique so well!)
I had to fire her because she kept making my pants shrink!
She’s okay, but in these stills I can’t discern any uniqueness or personality in her face, so she’s just so-so. Plus most women hit their peak of physical beauty about age 23, and that’s waaaaay in the rear-view mirror for her. But you guys got me to bite on this one, and my incisors hurt now.
@26
“nerds and more athletic/jock guys alike, married and single, who would literally run into a wall if they even saw her”
Someone being a “jock” doesn’t necessarily mean they are comfortable around women.
Look at Tiger Woods. The reason he screwed around was low self-esteem.
Rather than belabor the point, I’ll admit that maybe 60% of men are awkward on some level around women they find attractive.
No matter how outwardly attractive a woman is, it’s what’s between her ears that really matters in the long run.
No matter how attractive a woman is, someone somewhere is sick and tired of her sh–.
(Around here, Thursday is cliche day).