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through things like the Fair Pay Act, which mandates women are paid
equal to the work they do, not the gender they are.
In the end, these pieces of legislation ensure that biases and
prejudices do not dictate the socioeconomic fate of an individual. By
allowing individuals to directly combat injustices of prejudice in court, we
allow them an avenue to fight discrimination and enforce the kind of
equality that ensures those with skill, regardless of unrelated matters, can
achieve as much as their ability allows. This is perhaps the epitome of
social justice.
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (n.d.A) About the EEOC:
Overview. Retrieved from http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (n.d.B) The age
discrimination in employment act of 1967. Retrieved from
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adea.cfm
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (n.d.C) Title I and V of the
Americans with disabilities act of 1990. Retrieved from
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/ada.cfm
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (n.d.D) The Equal pay act
of 1963. Retrieved from http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/epa.cfm