November 19, 2008
Human Rights in Canada - Stripper Claims Age Discrimination
(Toronto, Ontario) Forty-four-year-old Kimberlee Ouwroulis has sued the New Locomotion strip club for age discrimination. The management told Ouwroulis (pic) that she was being let go because the club was "going for a younger look."
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario will process Ouwroulis' complaint.
Frankly, I'm curious about how this case will play out. If a strip club is forced to hire senior citizens as strippers, one must believe that business will be negatively affected. I'd suggest that most customers at strip clubs don't particularly want to see strippers that look like their mothers or, for that matter, their grandmothers.
To be fair though, a few seniors hold up well enough to be strippers. Most, however, don't.
Caution! It's probably NSFW below the fold.
Too old to strip
Unfortunately, if a club becomes known for having old strippers, the above may be the image in the minds of many customers. Old and wrinkly seldom trumps young and firm in the stripping business.
