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Types of Workplace Discrimination This paper will be concerned with discrimination

This paper will be concerned with discrimination in the workplace. Work discrimination can take the form of sexism, racism, ageism, or prejudice against gays. The threat of AIDS has caused an increase in anti-gay discrimination in recent years. Nevertheless, progress has also been made toward the elimination of job discrimination in all its forms.

Sexism is one of the most visible forms of discrimination in the workplace. Many organizations are aware of this fact and thus try to seek solutions to the problem. Unfortunately, these efforts are often less than successful. For example, although the financial firms on Wall Street have established a recent campaign to "curb office sexism," the professional women who work in that environment must face "subtle discrimination" every day (Cohen, Power & Siconolfi, 1991, p. A1). In this regard, the women employed on Wall Street often have fewer opportunities for promotion than the men. The root of this sexual discrimination can be found in the stereotypes that powerful men have about women in business. Thus, many women on Wall Street claim that the larger issue in the matter "is that some of the men who run the firms simply don't believe that women belong in high-powered jobs there" (Cohen, Power & Siconolfi, 1991, p. A5). Although the effort to stop sexism on Wall Street has been unsuccessful, there have other cases in which the struggle for women's rights have been victorious. For example, Sgt. Lauri Schwefel of the Milwaukee Police Department was able to overcome the problems of sexual discrimination in her workplace. When she first began working at the department, Schwefel received worse jobs than the men; was given inadequate locker and bathroom facilities; and was denied access to several training seminars that the men were allowed to attend (Seixas, 1991, p. 105). After a long, difficult battle, Schwefel won a lawsuit against the Milwaukee Police Department which guarante...

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