I love American Apparel. I really do. Not because of their sleazy campaign ads, but for their nicely made product that shapes my slender frame and has the balls to call me – a 5′7″ and 115 pound lady – a size medium. However, CEO Dov Charney is no stranger to the sexual harassment lawsuit, and as Claire Salinda, Charney’s model/gal-pal address admits
“If you choose to get involved with the company, you must know that American Apparel comes standard with an image dripping with all things sexual and sensual.”
Obviously, something sexual is going on in the adverts, but this makes it okay for it to happen in the actual workplace? Is it really okay to mix work with pleasure to the extent that you’re performing oral sex during an interview? Dov must love his life.
I’m really glad that Claire Salinda can be comfortable enough to be photographed in sticky lube and defend her BFF, but just because one girl is okay with all the sex and gifted vibrators doesn’t mean they all are. And I think that’s the real point. Her defense, though hardly entertaining or thought provoking, doesn’t really defend him from anything. Employee manuals on sexual harassment are made for a reason: so that all girls will be treated equally and appropriately. Who cares if you’re cool with being sexually harassed? It doesn’t mean we all are.
I just hope that these lawsuits doesn’t stop production. I would die without a good supply of tap panties and thigh high socks!
