October 29, 2004
Report Shows Difficulty of Sex-Discrimination Lawsuits
A report on female professors who have sued their universities for sex discrimination in tenure decisions says the experience can be costly, traumatic, and often futile.
The report, released last week by the American Association of University Women, examines 19 of the roughly 60 sex-discrimination cases that the association's Legal Advocacy Fund has supported since 1980. Women in eight of the 19 cases, or 42 percent, lost their claims. Women in seven of the cases, or 37 percent,
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