Brett Kavanaugh liked female law clerks to look a 'certain way'

Like 'models' No Images? Click here       By Emily Peck Yale Clerks Who Also Look Like Models A few years ago, as she was prepping to interview for a judicial clerkship, a student at Yale Law School received a troubling combination of warning and advice from her professors about one federal judge in particular: Brett Kavanaugh, she was told, liked his female clerks to have a “certain look.” The implication was -- they needed to be attractive, "like models." I dove into this tale in a story for HuffPost we put out yesterday. The awful message this student got back then was that to land this tippy-top job you have to be...pretty. I mean all women know that they have to be pretty. We learn this young, but still..some of us at least never believed that it's to-the-bone true. Imagine being at Yale -- the very pinnacle of academic legal success -- and hearing that after all the hard work you put in to get where you are, you're back at high school, judged on how shiny your hair is. And now Kavanaugh is on the precipice of becoming a lifetime appointee to the highest court in the land. He's facing serious and credible allegations from Christine Blasey Ford, who claims Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. (He denies it happened). Then there's also Kav's troubling membership in this particularly misogynist fraternity. We already know how he feels about reproductive rights, but it's not hard to imagine how he'll rule on other women's issues. You can read more about that "certain look" stuff here: READ ON You can follow me on Twitter @EmilyRPeck ... Before you go: Join HuffPost Parents for our first-ever event, HOW TO RAISE A KID, on Fri., Nov 2 in Brooklyn.        Good Reads: Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong My Husband And I Couldn't Get Jobs So We Moved Into A Retirement Communit These Teens Don’t Know Brett Kavanaugh. They Do Know About Rape Culture.       HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which explains how your data is used and shared. Learn More. The reality of being a woman — by the numbers. Like what you see? Share it with a friend. Did someone forward this email? Subscribe here. Can't get enough? Check out The Good Life. ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe