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sexual discrimination

n. discrimination (usually in employment) that excludes one sex (usually women) to the benefit of the other sex

Usage examples of "sexual discrimination".

He could imagine the effect this would have on races that were unisexual, or where sexual discrimination was not present, or, worse, in a matrilineal society.

Constance Walsh was fired by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and sued the paper for wrongful termination and sexual discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The humans, who tended to frown over most types of sexual discrimination, did not interfere in this case.

If I meet one more guy who takes the full responsibility for two thousand years of sexual discrimination on his shoulders I think I'll bust his nuts right then and there.

We're against racial and sexual discrimination an' heroin, isn't tha' righ', Joey?