Word: gender
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...When it happened with George, we thought itwas another case of mistaken identity," she added."But the question then became: mistaken identitybased on what? The only common denominator wasrace and gender...
...short, many think the solution has become as bad as the problem. "In 1964 [when discrimination based on gender first became illegal]," says UCLA harassment-law expert Eugene Volokh, "if you told a member of Congress, 'If you vote to bar discrimination based on sex, you will prohibit employees from putting pictures of their wives in bikinis on their desks,' most legislators would have said, 'Wait a minute, where does it say that...
Even after the court rules on these matters, there's likely to be confusion about sexual harassment. The end of the old patriarchal system, in which male bosses behaved as they pleased with female subordinates, has necessarily complicated gender relations in American offices. To sort out who is misbehaving now, the law must rely on subjective notions of power and courtship, sex and sensitivity. The best company policy would allow co-workers their freedom and privacy but punish truly unwanted, harmful behavior. But no one has figured out exactly what that policy should be--least of all the lawyers...
However, one wonders if the occasional aptness of such terms justifies their frequent use. The J.A.P. stereotype, for example, might apply to any nouveau riche spoiled child, regardless of gender or ethnicity. Yet it is Jewish women who are saddled with the stereotype--and some aren't too happy about...
...homosexuality is not the only factor, the Justice said. Same-sex bias might spring from "general hostility" to one's own gender. And motivations aside, it's enough to show that the accused "treated members of both sexes in a mixed-sex workplace" differently. Says UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh: "If you can show that they would never do this sort of thing to a woman, that's enough...