Sex Discrimination, Courts and Corporate Power

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Corporate Power

Sex Discrimination, Courts and Corporate Power

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-56
Author(s):  
Margaret Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Corporate Power

Sex Discrimination, Courts and Corporate Power

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-56
Author(s):  
Margaret Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Corporate Power

Sex Discrimination and the Transformation of U.S. Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin E. Buzuvis
Keyword(s):  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
Fourteenth Amendment ◽  
Equal Protection Clause ◽  
Lgbt Students ◽  
Societal Norms ◽  
Sex Equality ◽  
Equality In Education

This chapter highlights the role of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 and the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in transforming the gendered landscape of U.S. education. After first providing an overview of these two sources of law, the chapter examines the role they have played in challenging sex-based designations in admissions and in the classroom, in promoting equal opportunity and access to school-sponsored athletics, in challenging sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct, in reducing barriers to LGBT students, and in promoting equal opportunity for students who are pregnant. Sections addressing each one of these topics will also note limitations and shortcomings of the law’s approach to these issues, as there is still more work to do to fully realize sex equality in education. While the law has not cured all the problems of sex discrimination education, owing to limitations in its scope, as well as enforceability, it has proven to be a powerful source of societal norms and expectations, which themselves operate to motivate compliance and beyond.

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