Sex Discrimination Or Sexual Orientation Discrimination?
by: Autumn Sandeen
Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 06:00:00 AM EDT
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The Philadelphia Gay News has a story up on how there is a case where the plaintiff is claiming that he experienced sex discrimination, but that the court is saying he experienced sexual-orientation discrimination.
Case contrasts sex vs. sexual-orientation discriminationBrian Prowel says he was discriminated against as a factory worker because of gender stereotyping, and he wants his day in court. But his sexual orientation may prevent him from achieving that goal.
Prowel, 39, of Penn Hills in Allegheny County, worked at Wise Business Forms Inc. in Butler from 1992-2004, where he helped produce a variety of business forms.
In court papers, he stated that pervasive gender stereotyping plagued his days at the factory and that, when he complained about it, he was ultimately dismissed from his job.
harassment is harassment.. discrimination is discrimination...period.
Warrior Princess Mickie
Business behavior is business behavior. Sex has no business in the work place. People get fired for not being able to talk professional on the phone so why not for professional behavior with coworkers.