I'm too sexy for my job

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Having spent so much time on the Election and Movies, time to double back on things I may have missed.

Like Right Said Fred (a band who once opened for Joy Division), I worry that I am too sexy.

I need to worry even more now as I live in a state where sexiness is a reason to be fired.

Yeah, really.

This is wrong in so many ways.

An "irresistible" Iowa dental assistant fired for threatening her boss's marriage -- even though she turned away his advances -- has lost her discrimination lawsuit.

Melissa Nelson, who is married with children, had worked for James Knight for 10 years before his wife complained about his infatuation with her.

Nelson told the court that she had seen Knight as a father figure and a man of "integrity" who generally treated her with respect.

But about nine years into the job, Knight started to complain that her clothes were "distracting" because they "accentuated her body," and he sometimes asked her to cover up with her lab coat.

At one point, Knight told Nelson that "if she saw his pants bulging, she would know her clothing was too revealing," court records showed.

After she told him that his complaint about the tightness of her shirt wasn't fair, he texted back that it was a good thing she didn't wear tight pants too "because then he would get it coming and going," the court records showed.

And at one point when Knight discussed infrequency in Nelson's sex life, he told her "that's like having a Lamborghini in the garage and never driving it."

Knight's wife, who also worked in the dental office, put her foot down when she discovered the two were texting each other.

After meeting with their pastor, Knight agreed to fire Nelson because she was a "big threat to our marriage."

Knight had his pastor by his side when he told Nelson that their relationship -- even if there was no sexual affair -- had become a "detriment" to his family and that for the sake of both their families they shouldn't work together.

He later told Nelson's husband she had not done anything wrong or inappropriate, but that he was worried "he would try to have an affair with her down the road if he did not fire her."

As crazy as that is, the punchline is that the Iowa Court (all males) sided with Knight.  That's when it went from a local story to National headlines.

He's a jerk, but it is legal, seems to be the statement they wanted to make.

This one's currently in appeal, though similar cases seem to indicate that these cases never get overturned.