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Gender / Noel Merino, book editor.

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Farmington Hills : Greenhaven Press, c2011.

Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Cases -- Juvenile literature.

Sex discrimination -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

9780737749489 (hbk.)

0737749482 (hbk.)

Issues on trial.

210 p. ; 24 cm.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Upholding Selective Service Registration For Males Only: -- Case Overview: Rostker v Goldberg (1981) -- 1: Majority opinion: The Military Selective Service Act is constitutional / William Rehnquist -- 2: Dissenting opinion: The Military Selective Service Act is unconstitutional / Thurgood Marshall -- 3: Congress should end the male-only registration upheld in Rostker / Scott E Dunn -- 4: Judicial deference shown to the military in Rostker should continue / Elaine Donnelly -- 5: Judicial deference shown to the military in Rostker should end / Diane H Mazur -- Chapter 2: Employment Decisions Influenced By Gender Stereotypes Are Discriminatory: -- Case Overview: Price Waterhouse V Hopkins (1989) -- 1: Plurality opinion: Employers must prove that sex stereotyping did not influence an employment decision / William J Brennan Jr -- 2: Dissenting opinion: The burden of proof to show sex discrimination should remain with the employee / Anthony Kennedy -- 3: Employer burden of proof in discrimination cases has expanded since Price Waterhouse / Jonathan I Nirenberg -- 4: Price Waterhouse rests on an unwarranted suspicion of stereotypes / Barbara B Brown, Neal D Mollen, and Erica Larsen -- 5: Need to combat sex stereotyping after Price Waterhouse still exists / Jonathan A Segal -- Chapter 3: Finding Virginia Military Institutes Single-Sex Policy Unconstitutional: -- Case Overview: United States v Virginia (1996) -- 1: Majority opinion: The all-male policy at Virginia Military Institute is unconstitutional / Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- 2: Dissenting opinion: Single-sex schools are not unconstitutional / Antonin Scalia -- 3: United States v Virginia is a victory for equal opportunity for women / Rosemary C Salomone -- 4: United States v Virginia wrongly ignored evidence, precedent, and Congress / William G Broaddus -- 5: Legal status of single-sex programs in public schools is uncertain / Ariela Migdal, Emily J Martin, Mie Lewis, and Lenora M Lapidus -- Chapter 4: Gender-Based Discrimination Toward Transsexuals Is Sex Discrimination -- Case Overview: Smith v Salem, Ohio -- 1: Court's decision: Gender stereotyping of transsexuals in employment decisions is discriminatory / R Guy Cole Jr -- 2: Courts are still divided about transsexual rights after Smith / Dee McAree -- 3: Smith reflects a trend toward protecting the rights of transgender persons / John P Furfaro and Risa M Salins -- 4: Smith expanded the legal understanding of sex discrimination too far / Paul E Gugel -- 5: Smith rightfully expanded the legal understanding of sex discrimination / Melinda Chow -- Organizations to contact -- For further research -- Index.

Examines four court rulings on gender issues, including dissenting opinions and related debate. In three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, selective service registration for men only was upheld; employment decisions based on gender were found discriminatory; and the Virginia Military Institutes single-sex policy was found unconstitutional. In the fourth case, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that gender stereotyping of transsexuals is discriminatory -- www.gale.cengage.com

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