Because they are different things (in the US). Racial discrimination requires "strict scrutiny" to be legal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_scrutiny htt

Because they are different things (in the US). Racial discrimination requires "strict scrutiny" to be legal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_scrutiny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_scrutiny Sex discrimination requires "intermediate scrutiny" to be legal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_scrutiny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_scrutiny This podcast gives a wonderful history: https://www.wnyc.org/story/sex-appeal/ https://www.wnyc.org/story/sex-appeal/