Sexist cafe ad draws women employee's ire
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-03-28 10:18

It's a matter of principle, women in Wuhan say.

A restaurant posted an advertisement in its window stating it would pay "ordinary looking women 3 yuan (36 US cents) per hour, beauties receive additional pay," China Women's News reports.

The eatery hires quite a few female university students as part-time waitresses.

The ad angered the young women who said they viewed it as gender discrimination and an insult to them.

The restaurant supervisor defended the action, however.

A Hubei Province government official said the restaurant is suspected of gender discrimination and paying people unequally for equal work, which is illegal in China.

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