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Sex or gender discrimination is treating individuals differently in their employment specifically because an individual is a woman or a man. If you have been rejected for employment, fired, or otherwise harmed in employment because of your sex or gender, then you may have suffered sex or gender discrimination.<\/p>\n
In everyday language as well as in the law, the terms \u201cgender\u201d and \u201csex\u201d are used interchangeably, but the two terms have different meanings. The term \u201csex\u201d refers to a person’s biological or anatomical identity as male or female, while the term \u201cgender\u201d refers to the characteristics that are culturally associated with maleness or femaleness. Workplace discrimination is illegal regardless of whether it is based on sex, or gender, or both sex and gender.<\/p>\n
Here are some scenarios of potentially unlawful sex\/gender discrimination that women, for example, may face:<\/p>\n
–Hiring\/Firing\/Promotions:<\/strong>You apply for a job for which you have experience and excellent qualifications, but you are not hired because some of the company’s long-time clients are more comfortable dealing with men. You are told that you are laid off due to company cutbacks and reorganization, while men in the same job and with less seniority than you keep their jobs. You have worked for your company for several years, receiving exemplary reviews, yet each time you have applied for promotions, the positions you applied for are filled by less qualified men.<\/p>\n