《中英對照讀新聞》Bartender's Lipstick Lawsuit
酒保的口紅訴訟

◎ 魏國金

A federal appeals court agreed to reconsider the case of a female bartender who was fired from her job at a Nevada casino for refusing to wear lipstick , blush and other make-up.

聯邦上訴法庭同意重新審議一名女酒保因拒絕塗口紅、抹腮紅和其他化妝而遭內華達州一間賭場炒魷魚的案子。

Alleging sex discrimination, Darlene Jespersen sued her employer, Harrah's Entertainment Inc., after it dismissed her in 2000 for refusing to comply with a policy that required women to wear makeup.

聲稱遭到性別歧視，達琳．耶斯伯森在其雇主「哈拉娛樂公司」於二○○○年以拒絕服從女員工必須化妝的規定而解僱她後，對雇主提出告訴。

In December, Jespersen's case was dismissed by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the policy was legal. Without comment, the court reversed the ruling recently and ordered the case to be reheard by an 11-judge panel.

（去年）十二月間，耶斯伯森的案子被美國第九巡迴上訴法院三位法官組成的合議庭駁回，他們說該規定是合法的。沒有任何說明，法院最近撤銷這項判決，並下令由十一位法官組成的合議庭重審該案。

Jespersen's attorney said the case of the 20-year Harrah's veteran could determine the rights of women in service professions to choose how to present themselves. “What makes it discriminatory is that it requires women to present themselves in a particularly feminine way,” said the attorney.

耶斯伯森的辯護律師說，這位在「哈拉」已工作二十年的老員工的案子，可能對在服務業工作的女性是否有選擇如何展現自己的權利，產生決定性的影響。「該公司的規定構成歧視的原因，是它要求女性以格外女性化的方式展現自己。」辯護律師說。

Jespersen started work at Harrah's in 1979 as a dishwasher before being promoted to work as a bartender helper and then as a full bartender. Jespersen felt deeply uncomfortable wearing the foundation, lip stick, blush and mascara.

耶斯伯森自一九七九年開始在「哈拉」工作，在被擢升為助理酒保與之後成為全職酒保前，曾擔任洗碗工。耶斯伯森對撲粉底、塗口紅、抹腮紅、上睫毛膏深感不舒服。

Dictionary-新聞辭典

reconsider：重新審議、重新考慮。例句：You'd better reconsider your position. 你最好重新考慮你的立場。

sex discrimination：性別歧視；種族歧視是racial discrimination，殘疾歧視則為disability discrimination。

dismiss：解僱，例句：She has been dismissed from the job for carelessness.她因粗心大意而被解僱。

feminine: 女性化的，feminine beauty即為女性美。男性化的女性則是tomboy。