And if the relationship sours and you take negative action toward your former sweetheart — such as a poor performance review — he or she could contend discrimination, Ms. Levin said.
In January, Patricia Benassi, a lawyer who represented women in the private lawsuit, filed a suit contending racial discrimination.
Re "Sex and Silicon Valley" (June 3), which described a woman's lawsuit contending sexual discrimination and harassment in the venture capital workplace: Instead of disowning gender stereotypes, the article perpetuated obstacles already in women's paths.
Ms. Ingram had obtained his phone number from Bari-Ellen Roberts, a former financial analyst at Texaco whom Mr. Mehri represented when she sued the company in 1994, contending racial discrimination.
We identified five themes: rigidity of service design, promoting empowerment, trust and rapport, responding to social complexities, distress at late diagnosis, and contending with discrimination and racism.
In addition, the government contended that discrimination based on sexual orientation "has never been linked to systematic discrimination in jury selection in the way race and gender historically were".
As a result, the researchers contend, weight discrimination is spiraling upward, and that's a dangerous trend that could add fuel to the obesity epidemic.
Still others may be forced to contend with discrimination, harassment and even violence.
It has been contended that discrimination can lead to the targeting or increased vulnerability to violence of girls and women [ 23] and that both problems should be addressed simultaneously [ 24], but the link between gender discrimination and workplace violence in the health sector needed further delineation through research.
Many readily admit that the issue pulls them between two contending beliefs: self-determination and their view of a way to fight discrimination.
