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Can you define homosexuality without invoking sex? Can you find a way to say "this person is straight" or "this person is gay" without bringing that individual'
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
Can you define homosexuality without invoking sex? Can you find a way to say "this person is straight" or "this person is gay" without bringing that individual's sex into the equation?
That's basically the argument. Discriminating against a woman who is in a relationship with a woman is discrimination against (certain) women, because if she were a male, in a relationship with that same woman, she would be treated differently.
- LudwigNagasena 6y agoThis sounds like a gotcha rather than an argument. Does this ruling mean gendered dress codes are now illegal in the US?
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y agoIt has been since the late 80s, yes, when a similar ruling was made. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_Waterhouse_v._Hopkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_Waterhouse_v._Hopkins
- LudwigNagasena 6y agoThis is not about dress code. Otherwise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jespersen_v._Harrah%27s_Operating_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jespersen_v._Harrah%27s_Operat.... would have a different outcome. It sounds like a Bergeronian dystopia to deny sexed nature of humans and claim that every sexed treatment is discrimination.