Summary By Deborah Rhodes

The author, Deborah Rhodes, uses comparison and contrast throughout the whole article by describing women’s appearance to a certain occupation. Rhodes explains how an obese woman was rejected to become a bus driver because of her weight. This example shows how companies discriminate looks to safeguard their reputation. Another example is how a cocktail waitress went from a size 4 in her uniform to a size 6. When the company asked her to keep an “hourglass figure”, which has to refer to her height and weight. When she requested for a bigger uniform, her request was declined. In my opinion the most effective out of all the examples Rhodes have given, would have to be the one about the cocktail waitress who was declined for her request on a bigger