Twenty years ago this week, Professor Anita Hill testified about sexual harassment before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearings for then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas. Hill used to work for Thomas and felt it was her duty to share her experiences of sexual harassment in her workplace. In the end, Thomas was [...]
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Equity in the News 3-31-08
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged basketball, EEOC, pay equity, sports on March 31, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Record levels in pregnancy-discrimination complaints to regulators suggests more women are speaking up about suspected workplace bias. A federal judge has ruled that leaders of a prominent Southern Baptist seminary who believe women are biblically forbidden from teaching men were within their rights when they told a female professor to leave. Surveys abound showing that women [...]
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