Italy: Hysterics Over Job Advert That Asks Female Applicants to Submit Swimsuit Photo

Did you guys ever watch Mad Men?

I didn’t watch it, but I’ve seen a lot of the memes.

It seemed like it was intended to demonize male sexuality, but a lot of men took it to be communicating the reverse.

Why would anyone want an ugly secretary?

The Guardian:

The Italian labour ministry has opened an investigation after a company seeking a female receptionist aged under 30 asked job applicants to include a photograph of themselves in a bathing costume alongside documents proving their credentials.

The advert, posted on several specialised job sites by a Naples-based security company, stipulated that the candidate must be female, no older than 30, a fluent English speaker and have their own car and “a sunny character with an attractive appearance”.

“We ask that you send a full photo in a bathing suit or similar,” the advert for the €500-a-month job went on to request. The incriminating line was later removed and the advert reposted, but not before a screenshot was widely shared across social media, sparking outrage.

“They want a photo in a bathing suit? What an absurd advert,” said Chiara Marciani, the labour councillor for Naples. “It is scandalous, and for several reasons – beginning with the search for a woman under the age of 30 and a salary that is absurdly inadequate for the commitment and tasks the job requires.”

The company, which is based in Naples’ business district, told the Italian press that the request for a bathing suit photo was “inappropriate” and the result of a “mere distraction” by the “inexperienced worker” who crafted the ad and who didn’t understand its policy on gender equality.

The labour minister, Andrea Orlando, has asked inspectors to investigate.

“The problem of sexism persists … there needs to be much more work done on gender equality,” said Marciani. “There are so many issues that need to be addressed, especially in a city like Naples, which has a very low rate of women in employment.”

Sexism has also been prevalent in billboard advertisements across Italy, prompting the senate to last year ban adverts on streets and all forms of transports deemed sexist or discriminatory.

I think we are conflating “sexuality” with “sexism.”

As I wrote earlier today, sexuality is a biological fact. Men feel more open, compassionate, and generally positive towards women who are sexually attractive. Having a secretary who is sexually attractive is clearly going to be beneficial for basically any business that deals with clients who are making business decisions. Maybe some fat ugly bitch can work as a receptionist at the hospital, but if you’re selling something, you want your office to be a comfortable environment where the clients are prone to feeling positive emotions.

Telling a company they have to hire an old and ugly secretary is like telling them they have to have shitty, broken furniture, filth everywhere, and cockroaches running around the office.

That’s a good analogy. I’m very good at analogies.

But let’s try a more direct one.

Saying a company can’t advertise for an attractive secretary is like saying a sports team can’t advertise for fit players. It’s like telling a soccer team they have to hire elderly fat people.

It could hurt a fat old guy’s feelings that he can’t be a professional sports star. I don’t think it would, but it’s possible. But it is just a biological reality that he is not going to be good for a team of professional athletes.

“Sexism,” like all of this other Jewish gibberish, is just nonsense, fueled by emotions, and aimed at emotionally volatile people. Ugly old women are of course going to be outraged by the idea that “they are not as good as” a young attractive woman.

This is why you have to have meritocracy and allow individuals and businesses to make decisions. When the state starts getting involved, policing morality, it just turns into a circus.

(Nb4 no I’m not a libertarian and I’m not saying multinational corporations shouldn’t be regulated by the government. But right now, multinational corporations are not regulated by the government or barely regulated by the government, but the government tells small businesses they have to hire ugly old women. Human beings have the capacity for reason, and these kinds of decisions should be made logically. The logical conclusions should be reached through free and open debate. Ideology is a worthless, moronic concept which has no place in society at all, and certainly should never be allowed to guide government policy.)