invention is made of a thin and flat metal piece, said contact pin is characterized by including a first elastic member receiving portion having a circular circumferential face which is open toward and engage with the first elastic member when the contact pin is inserted into the slot; a second elastic member receiving portion having a circular circumferential face which is open toward and engage with the second elastic member when the contact pin is inserted into said slot, and said contact pin is further characterized in that the first elastic member receiving portion and the second elastic member receiving portion are formed on a upper side of the contact pin facing said first and second elastic members when the contact pin is inserted into the slot andBefore the firing, the dentist had frequently commented on his employee's babeliness. Though he "agonized" over the decision, he let her go under his wife's advisement.

What is a working babe to do? Should she work to maintain her babeliness? Downplay her babe status at work? Or dutifully attend office seminars on how best to dress, while outwardly pretending that male colleagues are the real babes here? Perhaps women need a Sheryl Sandberg companion piece — "Lean In: Literally Though" — to help them navigate this divide. Or maybe American employers ought to stop viewing their female employees as sex workers, and get back to their jobs.

Hess is a writer and editor in Los Angeles. She blogs for DoubleX on sex, science and health. Tweet at her @amandahess.

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