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Sexualization, Sex Discrimination, And Public School Dress Codes, Meredith J. Harbach
Sexualization, Sex Discrimination, And Public School Dress Codes, Meredith J. Harbach
Law Faculty Publications
This essay joins the conversation about sexualization, sex discrimination, and public school dress codes to situate current debates within in the broader cultural and legal landscapes in which they exist. My aim is not to answer definitively the questions I pose above. Rather, I ground the controversy in these broader contexts in order to better understand the stakes and to glean insights into how schools, students, and communities might better navigate dress code debates.
Commentary For Price Waterhouse V. Hopkins, Dale Margolin Cecka
Commentary For Price Waterhouse V. Hopkins, Dale Margolin Cecka
Law Faculty Publications
Price Waterhouse is primarily known for its addressing of sex stereotyping. The word “stereotype” appears ten times in the various opinions of Price Waterhouse , but the Court did not clarify what kind of stereotype-influenced behavior and workplace environment is illegal. The Court had in the record extensive expert testimony from Dr. Susan Fiske about stereotyping, but it dismissed that testimony as mere “icing on the cake” and it was not integral to the holding. The Court concluded summarily that partners reacted “negatively to [Hopkins’s] personality because she is a woman.” It alluded to the “possible ways of proving that …