24-year-old Vanessa Lopez had been working at Pigalle \u2013a restaurant on Eighth Ave in Times Square, New York since 2013. But problems only began this past summer when management informed the employees that for World Cup they may dress casual in their jeans and favorite jerseys.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe minute she saw me, she looked me up and down and said, \u201cI don\u2019t like the way they look on you. You\u2019re too much\u201d Lopez said, speaking of her manager Lucille Thomas.\u00a0 Lopez said she felt embarrassed like she did something wrong.
\nLater on, Thomas announced that the casual-clothing policy was canceled due to some people\u2019s choices in dress down as being inappropriate.\u00a0 \u201cShe looked at me when she said it,\u201d Lopez said.
\nThomas\u2019 implications were that Lopez was dressing in a slutty fashion even though she had done nothing wrong, according to the complaint she filed with the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
\n\u201cI was definitely singled out,\u201d said Lopez.\u00a0 She also believes that her manager who is middle-age may have been jealous of her.
\nAs time went on, Lopez became a sexual harassment victim.\u00a0 The kitchen staff began calling her slutty names and grabbing her.
\nAfter a while, Lopez was told her \u201cbubbly personality attracts the wrong attention,\u2019\u2019 and she was warned to \u201ctone it down,\u201d advising her that if she were to bring a sexual-harassment suit, she would lose her job.
\n\u201cThe victim was blamed for all of this and then warned she would get fired if she brought a lawsuit,\u201d said Joshua Friedman, Lopez\u2019s attorney.\u00a0 \u201cIt doesn\u2019t get much worse than that\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a government agency that enforces sexual harassment, discrimination, and other civil rights laws in the workplace.<\/p>\n
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