Task:

Read the Price Waterhouse v. Ann B. Hopkins case and the Smith v. City of Salem, Ohio, answer the following questions. Also, read this article regarding the Hively vs. Ivy Tech case. 

Create a new discussion board thread and answer the following in essay format:

· Very briefly summarize the issues in both cases in a paragraph or so. 

· Based on your research and your brief reading of the two cases above, how do the courts and the EEOC define gender stereotyping? 

· How did both cases apply the concept of gender(sex) stereotyping? 

· In what way did the Price Waterhouse case set the precedent for the Smith case? In other words, how did the court of appeals in the Smith case deal with the precedent in the Price Waterhouse case and apply it to their case? 

· What are your thoughts on how both of these cases were decided?

· Describe how Hively vs. Ivy Tech and Zarda vs.Altitude Express, Inc. influenced the interpretation of the category of “gender/sex” under Title VII in the 7th and 2nd Circuit of the federal court system, respectively.

· What would need to happen in order to have the 7th and 2nd Circuit’s new interpretation of Title VII apply nationwide? 

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