Topic 3: Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment

Question 1

Anti-female Animus

Answer 1

An environment of animosity toward women.

Question 2

Comparable Worth Theory

Answer 2

The notion that men and women should receive equal pay when they perform work that requires comparable skills and responsibilities.

Question 3

Equal Pay Act (EPA)

Answer 3

Passed in 1963, it requires nearly all employers to pay men and women equally for the same work.

Question 4

First Written Warning

Answer 4

Second step in a disciplinary process, which advises an employee that work behavior must change, lays out steps that have already been taken to advise the employee of the deficit, and describes steps that need to be taken to improve performance and remain employed.

Question 5

Gender Discrimination

Answer 5

The stereotyping of how a male or how a female should act.

Question 6

Gender Plus Discrimination

Answer 6

Discrimination that results when an employer classifies employees on the basis of gender, plus another characteristic.

Question 7

Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)

Answer 7

This Act recognizes pregnancy as a temporary disability and prohibits applicants from being discriminated against in the recruitment process because of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions (Amendment to Title VII).

Question 8

Quid Pro Quo

Answer 8

(Latin for “this for that”) The notion that an employer seeks sexual favors in exchange for some positive employment outcome for an employee.

Question 9

Sexual Harassment

Answer 9

Harassment directed at an employee because of his or her gender.

Question 10

Supervisor

Answer 10

A managing employee who has power to take tangible employment actions against an employee.

Question 11

Tangible Job Action

Answer 11

An employment outcome arising out of sexual harassment.

Question 12

Unwelcome Conduct

Answer 12

Conduct that is not solicited by an employee and that a reasonable person would regard as offensive.