Teen Vogue: Elizabeth Warren op-ed cites UC law professor's book
Elizabeth Warren cites UC's Sandra Sperino's book in Teen Vogue op-ed
From pregnancy discrimination to sexual harassment, courts have power to interpret laws that affect women’s rights, pens 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren in a recent editorial for Teen Vogue magazine. One such example, wrote Warren, is the court’s narrowing of the definition of what constitutes illegal sexual harassment, and she cites UC Law’s Professor Sandra Sperino’s book "Unequal: How America’s Courts Undermine Discrimination Law" in her piece.
"Unequal," a review of over 1,000 job discrimination cases, explains how the legal system has failed victims of sexual harassment.
Wrote Warren, “Over the years, federal judges have narrowed the definition of what behavior constitutes illegal sexual harassment, according to a 2017 review of more than 1,000 job discrimination cases by two law professors. Workplace discrimination claims are dismissed before trial at a far higher rate than other civil lawsuits, perhaps because male judges think the harassment — from egregious verbal slurs to groping a worker’s breasts — just isn’t bad enough.”
Read the op-ed here.
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