Official Named in Department of Homeland Security Reverse Sexism Suit Admits to Making Pasta

Dora Schriro. (NYC.gov)

New York City corrections commissioner Dora Schriro's name became a bit more familiar on Friday, when she was named in a reverse sexism lawsuit filed against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Among the charges that Napolitano let her department operate as a "female-run frat house" was the allegation that, owing to her friendship with Napolitano and the Sisterhood Illuminati, Schriro was promoted to her current post over James Hayes, who filed the suit. Well, Schriro's in the paper again today, but the news is about gardening, not getting sued. By some strange coincidence, Schriro is the subject of this week's "Sunday Routine" piece in the New York Times, where she discusses the best pancakes on City Island, homemade pasta, and her love of The Good Wife (but not for Janet Napolitano, much to the Post's perverse dismay.)

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Second Employee Suing Janet Napolitano Over Charges of Reverse Sexism

Janet Napolitano.

Following yesterday's reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee James Hayes Jr.'s reserve-sexism lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the New York Post has learned that a second male employee, Jason Mount, filed a similar suit in July. Unlike Hayes, Mount makes no allegations of sexual harassment, but he does complain of gender discrimination at the department, where he claims he was refused an office and subject to "dozens of incidents in which he was allegedly passed over for promotions despite being fully qualified."

Like Hayes, who claims he was passed over for a promotion by Napolitano owing to his gender (in favor of Dora Schriro, with whom Napolitano “enjoyed a longstanding relationship"), Mr. Mount alleges that, despite receiving a perfect evaluation, his gender prevented him from acquiring a post with Homeland Security Investigations in Boston. Instead, the job went to Linda Hunt, though she had lower status on the federal civil-service pay scale and lacked some specific experience that the position requires. In order to escape what he considered a hostile work atmosphere, Mount felt he had to ask to be reassigned, voluntarily taking a demotion in pay and responsibility that he described as "career suicide." Mount is suing for around $300,000 — a tenth of the $3 million Hayes is seeking.

While Napolitano has remained silent and ICE won't comment on this latest case, a federal official did comment on the Hayes case, saying his allegations “do not align with the fact that Mr. Hayes has routinely held high-ranking assignments, including his current position as special agent in charge of ICE’s second-largest field office.”

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Lawsuit Accuses Janet Napolitano of Reverse Sexism

Janet Napolitano.

A lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. alleges that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano allowed her department to operate as a "female-run frat house" (we guess "sorority" didn't sound menacing enough) where male employees were "routinely humiliated." A New York special agent in charge of immigration and customs enforcement, James Hayes, is seeking $335,000 in damages over claims that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief of staff Suzanne Barr sexually harassed him and his male colleagues.

The suit also accuses Napolitano of passing Hayes over for a promotion to head New York City’s Department of Corrections in favor of Dora Schriro, who, Hayes says, got the job because of her "long-standing" friendship with the secretary, despite being underqualified for the position.

It's worth noting that much of the coverage of this supposed case of reverse sexism is itself pretty sexist: The New York Daily News and Matt Drudge have charmingly referred to Barr and Schriro as Napolitano's "gal pals," while the New York Post could not help itself from mentioning that Napolitano has been repeatedly forced to answer questions about whether or not she is a lesbian. They noted: "The suit doesn’t detail the nature of [Napolitano and Schriro's] relationship."

Meanwhile, Napolitano herself has not responded to the claims. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released a statement reading, "ICE doesn’t comment on unfounded claims and will respond to Mr. Hayes’ allegations as appropriate through the judicial system."

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