CHAPTER 10
Sex Discrimination
1. In the past, gender was generally considered a BFOQ.
2. Comparable worth involves assigning values to male dominated and female dominated
occupations.
3. Gender discrimination applies only to women.
4. Selecting one gender over the other is permissible to satisfy customer preferences.
5. The Equal Pay Act prohibits pay differential because of seniority.
6. The Equal Pay Act prohibits pay differential based on merit.
7. The Equal Pay Act prohibits pay differential for those working abroad.
8. Grooming standards are permissible in business.
9. Comparable worth is not in effect today.
10. Today gender may be considered a BFOQ only if the requirement is essential to the job.
11. The Equal Pay Act does not prohibit differences for ________.
a) merit
b) seniority
c) quantity of work
d) a&c
e) all
12. Customer preferences are permissible with regard to ________.
a) women’s health clubs
b) servers in sports bars
c) hospital nurses
d) all
e) none
13. Companies can pay more to men than women for the same job based on ________.
a) education
b) experience
c) skill
d) b & c
e) all
14. A company requires uniforms to be worn only by women ________.
a) uniforms worn by females only is discriminatory
b) dress codes in general are permissible
c) women were treated in a demeaning manner
d) all
e) a&c
15. Employers may regulate
a) length of hair
b) facial hair
c) clothing attire
d) all
e) none
16. Sex plus discrimination can involve gender plus ________.
a) homosexual lifestyle
b) small children
c) elderly parents
d) b&c
e) all
17. The Equal Pay Act is an amendment to:
a) Civil Rights Act
b) FLSA
c) Minimum Wage Act
d) NLRA
e) NOTA
18. Assigning values to male dominated and female dominated occupations on the basis of
worth is called ________.
19. Arguments against grooming have come in the form of the ________Amendments.
20. Companies can pay more to men than women for the same job based on ________,
________ and/or ________.
21. ________ operates as a defense to a suit for discrimination with regard to gender.
22. ________ discrimination occurs against an individual not solely because of gender, but that
fact coupled with another.
23. Customer preferences can be a form of ________.