Definition of Sexual discrimination

1. Noun. Discrimination (usually in employment) that excludes one sex (usually women) to the benefit of the other sex.

Generic synonyms: Sexism

Literary usage of Sexual discrimination

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. It's Not Fun/It's Illegal: A Curriculum for the Identification and (1991)
""Sexual harassment is a type of sexual discrimination. sexual discrimination means that someone is treated differently because of their sex. ..."

2. America, a Minority Viewpoint by Walter Edward Williams (1982)
"I would do this not because I support racial and sexual discrimination. I would do it because the government's warped interpretation and implementation of ..."

3. The Business of Commerce: Examining an Honorable Profession by James Chesher, Tibor R. Machan (1999)
"... these would solve the problem of racial or sexual discrimination without intruding on the right to individual liberty. Compensation for past injustices ..."

4. Women in Emergencies by Donato Kiniger-Passigli (2000)
"sexual discrimination continues in industrialized capitalist societies dependent on wage labour relations, in the form of denial of domestic labour as ..."

5. Overview of State and Federal Law on Sexual Harassment by Don Dyke (1992)
"... by the courts to determine whether a claim has been • stated for sexual discrimination based on the existence of a hostile work environment: a. ..."

6. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1998)
"United Nations From negotiations to create an international criminal court, to slow-moving work to give victims of sexual discrimination the right to seek ..."

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