HDF 201 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I Sandwich Generation and Club Sandwich Generation II Managing a Household III One Parent Families IV Generativity V Stagnation Outline of Current Lecture I Xenophobia II Agoraphobia III Sex Discrimination IV Race Discrimination V Age Discrimination a Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967 Current Lecture I II III IV Xenophobia Xenophobia is the fear of strangers People with these phobia do not like to meet new people do not like to interact with people and would prefer to be left alone Agoraphobia Agoraphobia is the fear of having a panic attack in a place where people could see you such as outside or in crowded public places These people have anxiety disorders and are afraid of crowds Sex Discrimination Se discrimination in the work place still happens today Companies try to hide their sex discriminations by wording them differently There are laws against sex discrimination but it is very hard to prove that it s happening in the work place A man and a woman could have the same qualifications and have the same job title but in most cases the man would be making more money than the woman Race Discrimination These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute V Race discrimination in the workplace is much better now than it was many years ago Companies would or wouldn t hire people based on their skin color or race Age Discrimination Many companies find ways to hide their age discrimination by wording them differently Companies would hire a younger person over an older person Older people have a much harder time trying to find jobs than younger people a Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967 The ADEA was created in an effort to try and stop age discrimination in the work place It made sure that if a company did something that wasn t right in terms of age discrimination something was done about it The ADEA promoted employment of older people based on their abilities not their age It banned discrimination against older workers without cause firing demoting The ADEA does not specifically prohibit an employer from asking an applicant s age or date of birth
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