sex discrimination

Examines how schools at every level fail girls and offers a solution to what must be done to serve children better.

This anthology examines four cases concerning sex discrimination: Frontiero v. Richardson, Orr v. Orr, Johnson v. Transportation Agency, and Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Discusses how sex-segregated sports policies which keep women from competing in sports with men reinforces the view that women are inferior, even though women have physiological advantages in some sports, and also illustrates how policies construct sex-group differences instead of reflect them.

Rosemary Dew, only the seventh woman to be named a supervisor at FBI headquarters, shares stories from her thirteen years as an agent, discusses the obstacles she faced as a woman in the bureau, and exposes some of the problems she witnessed within the FBI that she believes are keeping it from operating effectively.

Provides access to a wide diversity of opinions about, judicial activism, also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Selections by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations.

Discusses the historical background of the women's rights movement in the United States, addresses controversies, and features personal narratives from activists and authors involved in the movement.

Provides information on court cases related to gender and offers varying perspectives on their rulings, discussing selective service registration for males, discrimination in employment decisions, the single-sex policy of the Virginia Military Institute, and gender-based discrimination towards transsexuals.