Which of the Following Scenarios Would Not Qualify as a BFOQ

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following scenarios would not qualify as a BFOQ exception to Title VII?

• A) a religious school hiring only members of that religion to teach religion
• B) a women's store that sells wedding gowns hiring only women to measure and fit customers
• C) an airline hiring only female flight attendants
• D) a men's store not hiring men with earrings.

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Definitions:

Androgyny

The combination of masculine and feminine characteristics into an ambiguous form, often in terms of appearance or behavior.

Gender Variation

Refers to the diversity in how individuals experience, express, or identify their gender, which may not conform to societal norms.

Social Construction Theory

Views gender as a set of practices and performances that occur through language and a political system.

Queer Theory

Identifies sexuality as a system that cannot be understood as gender neutral or by the actions of heterosexual males and females. It proposes that one’s sexual identity and one’s gender identity are partly or wholly socially constructed.