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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"Sex discrimination"”.
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Sex Discrimination in the Insurance Market
… the claim is made that women, because of their sex, pay considerably higher premiums for health and disability insurance. Procedure. The purpose of this paper is to identify those practices that differentiate between men and women, and then to evaluate and analyze those practices in terms of …
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Title VII: sex discrimination in higher education
… extended to higher education, faculty employment discrimination litigation has increased. The reality of this phenomenal growth in litigation is clear, the potential for judicial intervention in academic decision making is undeniable, and reliance on the judicial process is increasingly becoming …
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Battle in the skies: Sex discrimination in the United States airline industry, 1930 to 1978
… the legitimacy of these policies using the sex provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Gaining support from their unions, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and eventually the legal system, flight attendants successfully eliminated all of these policies, with the …
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The Influence of Evidence-Based Sex Discrimination Policies on Women’s Perceptions of Organizational Climate, Sexism, and Identity Safety
<p>Sexism has proven to be a stubborn barrier to women’s participation and advancement in workplaces and academic institutions (Rosette, Akinola, & Ma, 2017). Importantly, sexism in organizational settings has endured despite the implementation of federal, state, and organizational policies that …
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Perception of Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Among Bank Employees in Nigeria: A Comparative Study of the Nigerian and the British Employee Protection Laws
This study examines the level of sex discrimination and sexual harassment of female workers in Nigeria to understand the pervasiveness of the problem in the Nigerian context. An empirical investigation was conducted using the Nigerian banking sector as the case study. The United Kingdom sex …
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An exploration of the possible adoption and enforcement of gender equity policies in Nigeria to help deal with matters of sex discrimination in athletics
… opportunities for Nigerians regardless of sex (NGPSF, 2008). Also, sport participation enhances self-esteem and promotes self-determined values that help buffer against life’s challenges. It also provides a setting to escape the feelings of depression and alienation, while fostering …
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Mixed-Method Analyses of Federal Court Decisions During 1980-2007 Involving Race and Sex Discrimination Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Faculty Tenure Denial Decisions in Higher Education
… tenure denial and claims of race and/or sex discrimination. The chi-square test of independence and Cramer’s V were utilized to analyze the statistical association between the independent and dependent variables. Legal briefing and the qualitative historical content analysis approach were …
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A technique for direct measurement of skin friction in supersonic combustion flow
… extended to higher education, faculty employment discrimination litigation has increased. The reality of this phenomenal growth in litigation is clear, the potential for judicial intervention in academic decision making is undeniable, and reliance on the judicial process is increasingly becoming …
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Sexual harassment: Education and the law
"Shortly after sexual harassment was recognized by the courts as a violation of Title VII's ban on sex discrimination in the workplace, it was also acknowledged as a violation of Title IX, which seeks to eliminate sex discrimination in education. Over time, an increasingly wide range of conduct has …
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Gender discrimination and the future of equality
Sex discrimination is the hot topic of the 1990's. Key events occurred in 1991 that propelled the issue into America's living rooms. Starting with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, these events raised new social consciousness on women's rights. Events such as the confirmation of Justice …
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North Carolina Home Economics Teachers' Attitudes Toward Recent Legislative Mandates in Home Economics
… home economics teachers toward: (1)eliminating sex discrimination; (2)preparation of students for entry into occupations that utilize home economics related knowledge and skills and (3)providing instruction in regular classes to students with special needs.
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Pay discrimination revisiting the concept and international perspectives
Sex based wage discrimination has received much attention especially in the late seventies and throughout the eighties. South Africa has had pay equality provisions in place since 1980 and specific legislation in 1988. Although no comprehensive gender based wage study exist prior to 1980, …
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Roles and Attitudes of Males and Females in The Anarchist Punk Community
Sexism is a widespread social problem that exists throughout the world today. It persists within the dominant culture, as well as in various subcultures, including the punk subculture (Daugherty 2002; Leblanc 1999; McRobbie 1991; Rosenberg and Garofalo 1998). Nijole Benokraitis and Joe Feagin's …
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Gender Pay Gap in Public Organizations: An Analysis of Trends in Pay Gaps Between Men and Women in Federal Agencies
… Pay Act of 1963 prohibited gender-based wage discrimination in the workforce specifically between men and women that had an identical skill set and were performing the same job. The gender pay gap has been an issue in the American workforce and particularly public administration as early as …
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Human-trafficking for sexual exploitation in Australia : the deafening silence on demand
… resources have been directed at stemming sex-trafficking. Despite this, it continues to flourish. The harm that results from an illicit global industry that nourishes crime, corrupt officials, and opportunistic consumers, is immense. This thesis presents a conceptual framework to consider …
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The Influence of Perceived Career Barriers on College Women's Career Planning
… barriers related to work and family conflict and sex discrimination would have the most impact on the career aspirations and career salience of young women. Career supports were hypothesized to add significantly to the prediction of these variables, and coping self-efficacy for these types of …
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Connecting disability equality to citizenship education
… is no longer tenable. In analogue to race and sex discrimination, I use legal case analyses, together with empirically framed case studies within an international perspective, to systematically explore different aspects of citizenship. Citizenship elements range from ‘legal’, ‘constitutional …
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