sex discrimination
Unequal treatment, gendered
Sex discrimination is unfair treatment based on a person's sex, typically affecting women in employment, education, or public services.
The term covers both overt exclusion and subtler disparities in pay, promotion, or opportunity: She filed a sex discrimination complaint after being passed over for the third time.
Also called gender discrimination.
- Title IXFederal educational equity law
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- old boys' networkInformal elite mutual-aid system
- boys' clubMale-exclusive social organization
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- gender equalitygender equality, gender equity, equal rights, equal pay, gender parity
- gender equitygender equality, gender equity, equal rights, gender gap, pay equity
- sexismgender bias, male privilege, chauvinism, male chauvinism, patriarchy
- Workplace Discriminationequal pay, gender bias, racial bias, workplace harassment, bullying
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Equal treatment regardless sex
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Embracing all identity expressions
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