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Rape Discourse In Press Coverage Of Sex Crimes, Peggy Reeves Sanday
Rape Discourse In Press Coverage Of Sex Crimes, Peggy Reeves Sanday
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Virgin or Vamp: How the Press Covers Sex Crimes
Sex Discrimination In Newscasting, Leslie S. Gielow
Sex Discrimination In Newscasting, Leslie S. Gielow
Michigan Law Review
This Note argues that the current judicial deference to viewer surveys used by television stations in newscasting employment decisions is unwarranted. Part I explores how different treatment of women newscasters constitutes sex-plus discrimination. Part II demonstrates that viewer surveys almost always reflect sexual stereotypes that are impermissible under title VII, and argues that such surveys should be presumptively inadmissible as evidence to rebut a claim of sex discrimination. Indeed, mere use of these surveys may in and of itself establish a prima facie case of sex discrimination.
Part III contends that sex discrimination in the news industry resulting from the …