Comparable worth- issue raised when women hold traditionally female jobs are pai d less than men

for working at jobs requiring comparable skill Women in military, Women's army corps (WACS), Waves (Women accepted for voluntee r emergency services in the navy, the nurse corps etc however they are not allowed to serve in ground combat, can do air combat. Only men had to sign the draft when 18 <- gender discrim? S.C. displayed deference in 1981 in Rostker v. Goldberg that male-only draf did not violate the 5th amendment Found that male-only registration bore a substantial relationship to congress' g oal of ensuring combat readiness etc. Some reasons why they dont go on ground fights (less upper body, some may not wa nt to fight with a dying female near, would want to help) 1986, S.C. Sexual harassment that is so pervasive as to create a hostile or abus ive work environment is a form of gender discrim. <- forbid by 1964 civil rights act 1993 Harris v Forklift systems <- reiforces the above, no single factor is neede d to win a gender discrim. in court, by the civil rights act of of 1964 1998 Faragher v City of boca Raton, workers are responsible for preventing and e liminating harassment at work 2004 Pennsylvania state police v Suders Court held that if harassment culminates in a tangible action an emplyer is strictly the one liable if there is no legal defense Burlington Industries v Ellerth the court found that an emplyee could sue for se xual harassment w/o showing related harm ONcale v. Sundower offshore services law also prevents sexual harassment by the same gender 1999 court turns to sexual harassment in schools 1991 Tailhook association made news about sailers hurting women -> had their car eers ended and somewent to prison John GLenn, 77, oldest man in space 65 is the retirement age, mandatory. 1975- did not allow fderal funds to people over 40, bc of age. <- Gray liberatio n movement (something about old people) Reeves v Sanderson that a plaintiff's evidence of an emplyer's bias and evidence showing their justification is false Extends to discrim of race and gender under Title VII 1964 civil rigts act Americans with disabilities act of 1990 strengthened protections requiring emply ers to make reasonable accommodations and prohibits discrim against disabilities People with AIDS were considered in the above, people with glasses that when wor n are normal did not. Homophobia fear and hatred of homosexuals 1986 Bowers v Hardwick allowed states to ban homosexual relations 2000 supreme court held that boy scouts could exclude a gay man bc homosexuality violates the organization's rule 1996 Romver v Evans the sc voided a state constitutional amendment that denied h omosexuals protection against discrim. ^ is the colorado amendment and violated the equal protection under the law 2003 in Lawrence v Texas SC overturned the above and was unconstitutional under right to privacy now Affirmative action involves efforts to bring about increased emplyment, promotio n or admission for members of groups that require spectial efforts goal is to move beyond equal opportunity and toward equal results Equal opp - In which different groups have the same chance to get the job equal resuslts different groups have the same percentage obtaining those jobs University of california v Bakke could use race as a criterion for admission to be weighed fairly however cannot hold spots for a particular group of people United Steelworkers of america v weber court found that the kaiser aluminum com pany emplyed a quota for minorities to rectify years of past emplyment discrim Adarand construction v pena the court overturned the decisions regarding broadca st licenses and cast grave doubt on its holding it held that fed programs that c

lassify people by race should be uncon. Did not void federal affirmative action programs in general