Definitions
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- adjective law, US Having as factors a person's
gender and some other factor related to that gender.
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Examples
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[7] The courts also recognized sex-plus and sex stereotyping claims by women who were punished for acting either too masculine or too feminine.
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[7] The courts also recognized sex-plus and sex stereotyping claims by women who were punished for acting either too masculine or too feminine.
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[26] Courts have sliced and diced sex, pregnancy, sex-plus, and sex stereotyping claims in defiance of Congress's view that all are of a piece.
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A sex stereotyping claim is a special case of sex-plus, in which the "plus" is a characteristic stereotypically associated with sex.
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A sex-plus claim is one in which the basis for discrimination is sex combined with some other characteristic.
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A sex-plus claim is one in which the basis for discrimination is sex combined with some other characteristic.
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On the other, by passing it, Congress would endorse much of what the courts have done in sex-plus and sex stereotyping claims as well as correct course on sexual orientation.
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On the other, by passing it, Congress would endorse much of what the courts have done in sex-plus and sex stereotyping claims as well as correct course on sexual orientation.
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[26] Courts have sliced and diced sex, pregnancy, sex-plus, and sex stereotyping claims in defiance of Congress's view that all are of a piece.
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[9] They refused to recognize that the logic of sex-plus applied to sexual orientation, and until the D.C. district court's decision in
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