Natalie Was Employed with the Southern Talk Company as a Telephone

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Essay

Natalie was employed with the Southern Talk Company as a telephone operator for ten years.Bored with this job,she applied for a job position within the same company as a telephone repairman which paid $10 per hour more than she was currently earning.This position required the employee to be able to climb to the top of a telephone pole wearing a tool belt weighing approximately 15 to 20 lbs to make repairs.The Southern Talk Company refused to admit Natalie into the training program for the position claiming that she was incapable of performing the duties of the position because she was female.Discuss this scenario from both Natalie's and the Southern Talk Company's point of view.Include the basis for the relevant claims and defenses.

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Definitions:

Movement Illusion

An optical illusion where a static image appears to be moving due to the cognitive effects of interacting color contrasts and shape position.

Texture Gradient

A visual cue used to convey depth in an image, suggesting that an object's texture becomes denser and finer as distance increases.

Brightness

Brightness refers to the perception of the intensity of the light emitted or reflected by an object, influencing how light or dark the object appears.

Linear Perspective

A system of creating an illusion of depth on a flat surface, wherein parallel lines converge at a single point known as the vanishing point.