Sex Discrimination

Lauren Odes Fired Over 'Distracting' Appearance

Posted 05.22.2012

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Lauren Odes, a data entry professional, claims she was fired because she was too busty and dressed too provocatively for her Orthodox Jewish employers...

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Critics Claim President Lincoln Guilty of Political Pandering in Emancipation Proclamation

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.16.2012

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Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Today President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing 3 million slaves. Critics of the President were quick to condemn his action. The town crier shouted that that this was further evidence of the President's war on families.

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"The Woman Tax": The Surprising Reason Why Women Pay More Than $1,300 a Year

LearnVest | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Women and Money, Money Inequality, Women Pay More, Women's Tax, Women Expenses, Gender Inequality, Money Gender Inequality, Money and Women, Gender Bias, Sex Discrimination, Money News
LearnVest

No one doubts that women spend more on certain things than men when they have different needs. Makeup. Hair products. Waxing. Gyno appointments. But then there are the charges you don't see coming.

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Equal Pay -- Will We Ever Get There? An Interview With Lilly Ledbetter

Martha Burk | Posted 04.15.2012

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Martha Burk

April is the month every year when the paychecks of women working full-time, year-round catch up with what men earned by the previous December 31. This year it's April 17.

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Big Blue's Big Bind

Martha Burk | Posted 06.03.2012

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Martha Burk

Virginia Rometty is IBM's new chief as of January -- and one tradition (Augusta's boys-only policy) runs smack dab into another (giving IBM's CEO a membership along with the coveted ugly green jacket).

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Why It's So Expensive To Be A Woman

Marie Claire | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Dry Cleaning, Sex Discrimination, Mens Products, Differences Between Men and Women, Differences Between the Sexes, Womens Products, Gender Pricing, Women News

THREE YEARS AGO, Janet Floyd, the cofounder of a Manhattan market research firm, spotted a neighborhood dry cleaner that offered the following deal: L...

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Alice Hines

Walmart Women Still Seek Justice In Sex Discrimination Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 02.04.2012

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The women who say Walmart discriminates aren't giving up. Five hundred female employees in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and North Caroli...

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At Stake: A Fundamental Protection for Millions of Workers

Debra L. Ness | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Congress, Sex Discrimination, Work and Family, Family and Medical Leave Act, Workers, Politics News
Debra L. Ness

What is at stake in this case is whether the Supreme Court will respect Congress' ability to make laws designed to remedy pervasive and unconstitutional discrimination, and whether millions of state workers can continue to count on FMLA leave when they get sick.

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Food Importer To Pay Big To Settle Hiring Discrimination Suit

AP | Posted 11.18.2011

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SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. -- A Southern California Asian food importer has agreed to pay $400,000 in back wages and interest to 71 women who were rejec...

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Sasha Grey -- A Porn Star Dares to Read

Bethany St. James | Posted 01.16.2012

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Bethany St. James

It seems to me she should have been praised for helping children to understand the importance of literacy and the joy of reading. What does it matter to a group of school children what someone does or used to do for work?

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Tyson Settles Sex Discrimination Cases

AP | x | Posted 11.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is paying $2.25 million to settle federal allegations of sex discrimination. The Labor Department says Tyson wil...

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Gender Washing at Walmart

Martha Burk | Posted 11.15.2011

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Martha Burk

Why has Walmart only recently discovered women as a resource, both as customers and suppliers? Could the answer be that 1.5 million associates sued the company for sex discrimination in pay and promotion?

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Does Discrimination Still Exist? Of Course It Does

Red Room | Posted 10.29.2011

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Red Room

If you don't believe that discrimination exists, here are some facts that prove my point.

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Wall Street Retro: The Two Question Interview

Birute Regine | Posted 10.17.2011

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Birute Regine

Young women don't often encounter the blatant gender bias the way baby boomers did. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

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Lucia Graves

Did UC Davis Discriminate Against Women?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Women, Sports, Women's Athletics, Education, California, Title IX, Courts, Sex Discrimination, Wresting, Sacramento, Uc Davis Title Ix, Discrimination, UC Davis, Gender, San Francisco News

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal district court judge in California has ruled that the University of California at Davis violated Title IX, the law banning ...

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Smerconish's Friend, My Son and the Bachmann's

Dorian de Wind | Posted 09.22.2011

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Dorian de Wind

When I read a recent column by Michael Smerconish at the Philadelphia Enquirer, I said to myself, "Wow, I could have written this myself -- perhaps even better than Smerconish."

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Democrats Reintroduce Equal Rights Amendment Following Walmart Ruling

Posted 08.22.2011

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On the heels of the Supreme Court's controversial ruling that female employees could not bring a class-action sex discrimination suit against Wal-mart...

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Supreme Court Tells Women to Shut Up and Go Home -- Again

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 08.21.2011

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Joanne Bamberger

I've never been a believer in reincarnation, but today I've got my fingers crossed that, if it exists, Justice Scalia and the others in the Wal-mart majority come back in their next lives as Wal-mart women.

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How One Woman Won a $2 million Gender Discrimination Settlement Vs. Wal-Mart

Claudia Ricci | Posted 08.21.2011

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Claudia Ricci

If you believe Justice Scalia, who wrote for the Supreme Court's majority opinion in yesterday's Wal-Mart ruling, there is "no convincing proof of a companywide discriminatory pay and promotion policy." Tell that to all the women who have worked for Wal-Mart.

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Let's Put It in Writing: Women Are Equal

Carolyn Maloney | Posted 08.10.2011

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Carolyn Maloney

Most Americans believe women already have the same rights as men under our Constitution. But sadly they are mistaken.

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Discrimination In Plain View: Walking Out of a Restaurant

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 07.25.2011

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Howard Steven Friedman

Why should labeling a section of a restaurant menu "For ladies only" and offering preferred pricing be acceptable or even legal? As a customer, you get to choose where and how to spend your money.

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When Will Employers Stop Treating Women Like Second Class Citizens?

Debbie Hines | Posted 06.12.2011

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Debbie Hines

With women making up roughly 46% of the US working population, it's a wonder why women earn less. We have come a long way, but still have got a long way to go to equal a man's paycheck.

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Wal-Mart: What Do Women Want?

BJ Gallagher | Posted 05.30.2011

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BJ Gallagher

Judging by allegations in the class action suit being brought by their female employees, Wal-Mart executives and managers seem to have "dog ears." You...

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Wal-Mart's Woman Troubles -- Too Big to Be Sued?

Martha Burk | Posted 05.28.2011

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Martha Burk

Wal-Mart is entitled to a fair profit, as are all businesses. But the key word is fair.

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Walmart Will Urge Supreme Court To Reject Record Sex-Discrimination Lawsuit

Reuters | James Vicini | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will urge the Supreme Court next week to reject the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in ...

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