A woman who worked briefly for the president of a Maine college has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the school, alleging she was expected to play tennis, jog and watch 'chick flicks' with her female boss. Sarah Hulbert, of Auburn, wrote in her complaint that she was treated differently from her male co-workers during her time as an executive assistant at Bates College in Lewiston and was fired for having 'no pizzazz.' The Sun Journal reports that the 59-year-old Hulbert worked for Bates President A. Clayton Spencer for a little longer than a month in the summer of 2012. Bates president: The ex-assistant to Bates College president Clayton A. Spencer (pictured) claims that the president fired her because she wouldn't job with her or watch chick flicks . In the suit, Hulbert wrote: 'Plaintiff's supervisor, the president of Bates College, (A. Clayton Spencer) expected plaintiff, as a condition of her employment, to engage in activities with the president, such as running, tennis lessons and watching 'chick flicks,' which the president did not require of similarly situated male employees.' Hulbert claimed she has suffered a financial loss and a human loss due to 'gender discrimination' and seeks compensatory damages at a jury trial. Hulbert alleges that she was mislead when she was for the job at Spencer's home in Winchester, Mass. 'During that interview, Ms. Spencer assured me that she highly valued the personal time that employees should have and wouldn't ... intrude upon that personal time,' Hulbert wrote in her complaint. Hulbert says when she began employment that Spencer expected her to jog with her at 5:30 a.m. but that she could not because she had surgery on her right foot in the past. When Hulbert offered to find Spencer a different running partner, 'she reluctantly suggested that I try, but left me feeling pressured to run with her if I wished to continue working for her,' Hulbert said. Hulbert claims that Spencer asked her to participate in tennis lessons but again she said she would 'reluctantly' try because of the injury to her foot. The university: Ex-assistant Sarah Hulbert, 59, worked for Bates President A. Clayton Spencer for a little longer than a month in the summer of 2012 . 'Although I indicated a willingness to try playing tennis with Ms. Spencer, her reaction at all points was significant disappointment that I was not going to be running and possibly not playing tennis with her,' Hulbert wrote in her complaint to the agency. Spencer allegedly fired Hulbert on July 10 because she 'did not have pizzazz,' Hulbert claims. Hulbert was allegedly informed that that if Spencer had 'discarded' her, then 'no one else will wish to take you' for other positions at the college. Hulbert claims that Bates had 'ratified the gender and disability-based discrimination of its president in refusing to consider me for any other open position with the college.' The Sun Journal reports that before her brief time at Bates, she worked for the law firm Berman and Simmons in Lewiston and before that was employed at Hebron Academy as the director of research and development. A Bates spokesman said in a statement that 'the college strongly disagrees with the allegations' and will defend itself in court. According to the Bates website, from September 2005 until she joined Bates in 2011, Spencer served as Harvard’s Vice President for Policy.
Sarah Hulbert claims she was treated differently from her male co-workers during her time as an executive assistant at Bates College in Lewiston.
Hulbert claims that Bates President A. Clayton Spencer expected her to jog, play tennis, and watch chick flicks.
A Bates spokesman said in a statement that 'the college strongly disagrees with the allegations' and will defend itself in court.