Sexual Discrimination Act 1975

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  • Sexual Discrimination Act 1975
    • Features
      • Employment
        • Some exceptions are allowed when it may be detrimental e.g. male counsellors for **** victims
        • Includes job adverts
      • Goods, facilities and services
        • Includes clubs, cafes, hotels, transport,  entertainment banking etc.
        • Some exceptions: clubs, political parties, religious orders, hospitals, prisons, care homes and charities set up for 1 sex
      • Prevents victimisation of those who report issues
      • Education
        • Prevents discrimination in all schools (except single-sex)
        • Single sex sport is allowed if a woman's strength would put them at disadvantage
          • However, this is often used to exclude girls from sports
      • Housing
        • Includes renting, managing, subletting or selling
        • Single-sex housing associations exempt
    • Strengths
      • Applies to both men and women and has made equality more prominent
      • Perpetrator must prove that they were not discriminating rather than the victim having to prove it happened
      • Prevents victimisation
      • Covers actions, behaviours and the coercion of others to discrimination
      • Covers transgender people (gender reassignment)
      • Ensures that employers provide training or show staff are trained
    • Weaknesses
      • Discrimination against married people is only covered in employment and training
      • Discrimination can be hard to identify
      • Discrimination against single people is not covered
      • Important areas are not covered eg. income tax, immigration and nationality
      • Cases are time consuming and expensive
      • People may be unaware of their rights
      • Legislation doesn't change attitudes
    • Indirect discrimination
      • When one sex can take advantage of something
        • Housing associations excluding single parents (who are mainly women)
        • Height restrictions (women are usually smaller)
    • Direct discrimination
      • Treating one sex less favourably than another due to sex
        • Only offering women childcare courses
        • Sexual harassment
        • Charging women or men more or less
        • Wage gaps
    • Effects of sexism
      • Low self-esteem
      • Afraid to access services
      • Fear of victimisation
      • Lose trust in practitioners
      • Anger
    • Why people may not want to report discrimination
      • Fear of victimisation
      • Denial
      • Do not know who to go to
      • People may be unaware of their rights

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