Why Is the Language in Title VII of the 1964

question 1

Multiple Choice

Why is the language in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act so problematic in its application in deciding cases of discrimination based on sex?

• A) Congress provided no definition of sex and so Title VII is interpreted narrowly.
• B) Senator Howard Smith (D) of Virginia introduced the sex discrimination language as a way to defeat the entire Act.
• C) Gender behavior is too weak an argument when measured against biological sex.
• D) The language is so vague that it can mean how people engage in sexual intercourse as much as their biological sex at birth.

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