;You’re not pretty enough and you’re pregnant: College student sues after bouncer wouldnt let her
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Dance on the bar because she was too fat.
A 21-year-old woman has accused the bouncers at her local pub of discrimination after she was banned from dancing on the bar because she was told she was too fat.
ABC News reports Jordan Ramos, a student at the University of Iowa, who describes herself as 'plus-sized', says she was with friends at Union Bar in Iowa City last month when she tried to climb onto the bar.
Miss Ramos says she was told to get back on the floor because she 'was not pretty enough' and was 'obviously pregnant'. ABC reports the bouncer told Miss Ramos the bar was at capacity during a night out on March 3.
She told the network she waited until a few girls stepped off to make room and tried a second time to stand on the platform - but was stopped again.
Miss Ramos said a friend confronted the manager, but he refused to discuss the matter and asked the women to leave.
A follow-up email sent by Miss Ramos was never answered, she said.
'There was only one difference: I am a plus-sized individual,' she told ABC.
'The bouncer said "Look, you will never get up on this platform. Go back to the dance floor where you belong."'
She returned to the bar again on April 14, and was again rejected.
'He said, "You’re not pretty enough and you’re pregnant." I said, "I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that I am not pregnant."
'He then looked at my stomach and said, "You obviously are." They knew I was not pregnant; it was there way of calling me fat without having to actually say it,' she said.
Miss Ramos filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission, but officials told her they could not investigate because size discrimination is not illegal.
The incidents, she said, have made her question her worth.
She told the Des Moines Register: 'It made me start questioning myself and thinking, "Are my friends so much better than me?" I know they’re thinner, but those bouncers made them seem more valuable.'
She told the website she was surprised the incidents took place in Iowa City, which she considers 'open-minded'.
'We all paid the same cover to get into the Union, but we’re not given access to all the same things they have to offer,' she said. 'I feel like it is their job to provide everybody a great time, especially if everybody pays the same price.'
A manager for The Union Bar did not respond to MailOnline's request for comment.
A 21-year-old woman has accused the bouncers at her local pub of discrimination after she was banned from dancing on the bar because she was told she was too fat.
ABC News reports Jordan Ramos, a student at the University of Iowa, who describes herself as 'plus-sized', says she was with friends at Union Bar in Iowa City last month when she tried to climb onto the bar.
Miss Ramos says she was told to get back on the floor because she 'was not pretty enough' and was 'obviously pregnant'. ABC reports the bouncer told Miss Ramos the bar was at capacity during a night out on March 3.
She told the network she waited until a few girls stepped off to make room and tried a second time to stand on the platform - but was stopped again.
Miss Ramos said a friend confronted the manager, but he refused to discuss the matter and asked the women to leave.
A follow-up email sent by Miss Ramos was never answered, she said.
'There was only one difference: I am a plus-sized individual,' she told ABC.
'The bouncer said "Look, you will never get up on this platform. Go back to the dance floor where you belong."'
She returned to the bar again on April 14, and was again rejected.
'He said, "You’re not pretty enough and you’re pregnant." I said, "I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that I am not pregnant."
'He then looked at my stomach and said, "You obviously are." They knew I was not pregnant; it was there way of calling me fat without having to actually say it,' she said.
Miss Ramos filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission, but officials told her they could not investigate because size discrimination is not illegal.
The incidents, she said, have made her question her worth.
She told the Des Moines Register: 'It made me start questioning myself and thinking, "Are my friends so much better than me?" I know they’re thinner, but those bouncers made them seem more valuable.'
She told the website she was surprised the incidents took place in Iowa City, which she considers 'open-minded'.
'We all paid the same cover to get into the Union, but we’re not given access to all the same things they have to offer,' she said. 'I feel like it is their job to provide everybody a great time, especially if everybody pays the same price.'
A manager for The Union Bar did not respond to MailOnline's request for comment.
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Can this be moved to GNS please?
Lol I didn't realize I was in Reason. Oops. -
lmao!! Fat girls losing
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The bouncer should be praised.
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hey i love big women, and im all for equal rights and all that good ? ......but she did not need to have her ass up on nobody's bar....they will literally lose business havin ? like that dancing on the bar....that might seem unfair in any other case but the club/bar industry is unfortunately fueled my looks/status........or money
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In Marvins Room wrote: »lmao!! Fat girls losingSuperstarCole wrote: »The bouncer should be praised.
Yes he should! "Get yo fat ass down before you break our table!" -
Get ya big ass in zumba ?
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Cot damn that ? soul is burning
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i wouldnt have let her up either
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Suing won't help lose the weight tho...
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People who file ? lawsuits should be jailed.
If they don't want your big ass on the bar, then thats their right! -
"Go back to the dance floor where you belong"
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? made me think of craig robinson's scene in knocked up
You old, she pregnant. Can't have a bunch of old pregnant ? running around. -
real talk, another big ? coulda made it....i've seen it myself....but she aint even cute fat..... and kinda milky wit it.....
if she came back wit a tan, some curls, and some cleavage she might make it....but i dont know the standards in Iowa -
It's not cause you're not hot, I would love to tap that ass. I would tear that ass up. I can't let you in cause you're old as ? . For this club, you know, not for the earth.
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What the ? is she doing at the club? That's not even good parenting right there. Your old ass should know better than that.
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i swear imma watch that movie when i go home, that whole scene was funny as ? ...i kept thinking leslie was gonna call him a ?
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When I read the topic title I thought it was about a black woman.
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Lol @ her Ugly/fat superfriends..
the REVENGERS standing behind her in a mass of solidarity..
When your forearms and your upper arms look like a melted bag of marshmellows.. you just gotta get off the bar..
thats just the rules -
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lol. feminazi
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i get the feeling shes leaving out something...every place ive been bouncers dont just diss you like that for no reason....i'm guessing when he told her no she started an argument and probably started insulting him and he just let her have it in front of everyone and they started laughing....ive seen people like that before start an argument, throw insults but then sec the person answers back with something that really hurts them they cry foul and act like they never did anything wrong and were just attacked outa the blue
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? looks smelly.
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How fat girls feelin entitled to ? now.
So he just supposed to let you break his ? ?
Fat ? need to get off her Shallow Hal high and step back to reality.
Nobody likes fat people period. No one especially likes loud moth fat ? who feel entitled to ? .playmaker88 wrote: »Lol @ her Ugly/fat superfriends..
the REVENGERS standing behind her in a mass of solidarity..
When your forearms and your upper arms look like a melted bag of marshmellows.. you just gotta get off the bar..
thats just the rules
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So what happens when she win the lawsuit and finally get up on the bar and that ? split in two.
Now she usin that court money to buy them a new bar. And she still fat.
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