Employment discrimination law isn't my field, but I'll try to give you the best answer I can, Stephanie. There are a couple of issues. One problem is if the casino hires only females to serve drinks in casinos. You can consider gender in filling a job only if gender is a BFOQ (Bona Fide Occupational Qualification). In other words, if you can show gender is important to performance of the job, then you can pick the gender you want.

The other kind of discrimination would be treating male and female employees differently. If you're going to have a weight requirement for one gender, you must have it for the other.

So how about modeling agencies? I assume if the garment is a bikini, getting a woman is a BFOQ. Getting a skinny one is probably permissible on several grounds, because a fat one can't fit the product, and being fit is probably imposed on all models, male and female.

So why can't you require cocktail waitresses to be skinny and stacked? Because you don't have to be skinny and stacked to serve drinks, and similar requirements aren't imposed on men.

Hope that helps.

I'd like to see some more posts about Don's question re: LV hotels. I have been considering a trip, and have narrowed choices to Caesars or Bellagio. Thanks.

Caesar's and Bellagio are very different places.
Old Vegas vs the best of the 'new Vegas'.
Read through some of the hundreds of posts about these two in the archives.
I believe most people gravitate toward one or the other but not both.
Just need to see which way your tastes lead you.