What is a sex stereotype, a gender stereotype?
Examples of gender stereotypes includes the ideas that women aren’t aggressive, all men are exclusively attracted to women, and that everyone is born either male or female, with a matching sense of sexual identity. Q: Does this mean that DOJ is now protecting transpeople and other gender-different people on the job? A: No. First, in this area, DOJ only has jurisdiction in cases involving state and local government employees. Second, at this point DOJ is merely examining how its efforts might be better focused in light of how federal sex-discrimination law has developed. Q: I just lost my job at the Jorgenson Toolworks Company. Should I contact DOJ? A: No. Remember that DOJ only has jurisdiction in cases involving state and local government employees, not the private sector. Q: I just lost my job as the city clerk in RuPaul, Oklahoma because of my gender-expression. Should I contact DOJ? A: Perhaps. If there is evidence of gender-stereotyping (e.g., witnesses who heard stereotypical sta
