LAW 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Fide, Stereotype
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Gender discrimination: title vii prohibits discrimination in terms/conditions of employment due to employee"s sex. Bona fide occupational qualification (bfoq): exception that allows employer to hire employees of specific gender, religion, or national origin when business necessity requires it: business necessity: safe & efficient performance of particular job. Gender as a bfoq: prohibits imposing different working conditions/requirements on similarly situated male & female employees due to employee"s gender. Gender stereotyping: person is treated differently b/c they don"t conform: allow employers to hire only employees of 1 sex if trait is a bfoq. to typical social norms expected of their gender, overly aggressive women, effeminate men. Gender-plus discrimination: person is treated differently due to additional requirements beyond gender: refusing to hire women w/ young kids, hiring men w/ young kids, ambat v. city & county of san francisco: Facts: 2006, san francisco sheriff "s department. Justifications offered by county in support of policy spoke to extremely important concerns.
