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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.You can't bargain away civil rights, including equal treatment, via a contract. Of course you can sign anything, but later you might be able to persuade a judge that certain sections of the contract are unconsciencious or contrary to law, and they may be struck down as unenforcable.
Well, your quip sure convinced me!Other than being wrong, a good post.
This doesn't have anything to do with sexism. The football players are central to the organization, it could not compete without them. The cheerleaders are peripheral, thus expendable. They do not want them associating with one another for varied reasons and it is less consequential for survival of the organization to boot the cheerleaders. The fact that players are men and the cheerleaders are women is incidental.Yes, the practice is sexist (though the policy exists everywhere), and I'm guessing a cheerleader somewhere down the line is going to get a big payout because of it.
Good lord, you know it's a slow day when we're arguing over cheerleaders suing the Washington Redskins for sexism because they are not allowed to date the players.
This is a little OT, but I don't think Hooter's waitresses are that good looking. Some of them are, but none of them look natural at all. Plus, I can't stand it when a girl has 15 lbs. of make-up on her face.
Ignoring the make up thing because I agree, but who cares if they are natural?
Seriously, high heels makes a woman's butt more um, shapely. I don't wonder if she looks good in flats.
Ignoring the make up thing because I agree, but who cares if they are natural?
Seriously, high heels makes a woman's butt more um, shapely. I don't wonder if she looks good in flats.
Yeah, you can. A condition of employment is often one where you cannot talk of what you do outside the office/factory. A violation of the first amendment? Nope. Ditto settlements where both parties agree not to discuss the settlement.You can't bargain away civil rights, including equal treatment, via a contract. Of course you can sign anything, but later you might be able to persuade a judge that certain sections of the contract are unconsciencious or contrary to law, and they may be struck down as unenforcable.
Yeah, you can. A condition of employment is often one where you cannot talk of what you do outside the office/factory. A violation of the first amendment? Nope. Ditto settlements where both parties agree not to discuss the settlement.
This is easier. There is no "civil right" to have a sexual relationship with another employee of the company that pays your salary. The cheerleader is not being prevented from dating the player. SHe is being prevented from doing so while an employee.
Many companies do not all dating within the organization.
Nothing to get all flustered over.
You're confusing civil liberties with civil rights (http://public.findlaw.com/civil-rights/civil-rights-basics/civil-rights-vs-liberties.html). Civil liberties, enumerated in the constitution, restrict what the government can do. Civil rights, the source of which are usually statutes, mandate some level of equality based on specific protected characteristics, like race and gender. Civil rights cannot be bargained away as a condition of employment (if an employer makes a black person sign a contract saying they would accept lower pay for the same job performed by a white person, a judge would likely throw out that portion of the contract). Obviously the civil right in this case isn't the right to have sex, but the right to equal employment opportunity. And yes, plenty of companies have rules against employees dating, but those companies would be on some thin ice if their policy was only to fire the woman in the event of am improper relationship.Yeah, you can. A condition of employment is often one where you cannot talk of what you do outside the office/factory. A violation of the first amendment? Nope. Ditto settlements where both parties agree not to discuss the settlement.
This is easier. There is no "civil right" to have a sexual relationship with another employee of the company that pays your salary. The cheerleader is not being prevented from dating the player. SHe is being prevented from doing so while an employee.
Many companies do not all dating within the organization.
Nothing to get all flustered over.
You're confusing civil liberties with civil rights (http://public.findlaw.com/civil-rights/civil-rights-basics/civil-rights-vs-liberties.html). Civil liberties, enumerated in the constitution, restrict what the government can do. Civil rights, the source of which are usually statutes, mandate some level of equality based on specific protected characteristics, like race and gender. Civil rights cannot be bargained away as a condition of employment (if an employer makes a black person sign a contract saying they would accept lower pay for the same job performed by a white person, a judge would likely throw out that portion of the contract). Obviously the civil right in this case isn't the right to have sex, but the right to equal employment opportunity. And yes, plenty of companies have rules against employees dating, but those companies would be on some thin ice if their policy was only to fire the woman in the event of am improper relationship.
Now I don't know how all that would play out if a cheerleader took the team to court - there's all sorts of legal doctrines I'm unfamiliar with - but your free speech is example is completely irrelevant to the matter.