Roger Ailes, current boss of Sarah Palin, said to the AP
"I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings."
Huh.
If I were a "hot" employee in Corporate America (oh, how I am not, but just for the sake of argument) and my boss declared that he hired me because I was "hot" and brought in a bunch of sales, I believe I would have a case for sexual harassment in the workplace.
And as ThinkProgress points out:
Take conservative media criticism site Newsbusters, for instance. When Fox News contributor Juan Williams called Palin a “centerfold” and said her attractiveness contributed to her success, Newsbusters cried “double standard,” writing that Williams’ “demeaning” comment reflects liberals’ “need [of] some way of dismissing her without addressing the issues.” When comedian Bill Maher made a similar suggestion, Newsbusters cried that Maher had “denigrated Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann as merely ‘attractive.’” When Newsweek magazine ran an article mentioning the “supposed hotness of Republican women,” including Palin, Newsbusters cried “sexism.” When the hosts of the entertainment show The Talk called Palin “hot,” Newsbusters questioned their “intelligence.”
Palin herself has frequently complained about being objectified for her looks, saying at one point she got herself some nerdy looking glasses to stave off the "hot" comments. Of course, there are rumors out there, courtesy of Joe McGinnis, that Palin is very concerned about maintaining the "hot" status, while publicly complaining that she is unfairly objectified.
So, what will Mrs. Palin's response be to this blatant, really ugly comment from her current employer? She still works there, for Pete's sake!
As much as Roger Alies is a repulsive human being, I was shocked to see this kind of ugly sexism coming from him regarding a woman in his direct employ.
Wouldn't it be great if Palin sued Alies? Stay tuned, folks!