Dothard V. Rawlinson Case Study

In 1977 a 22-year female, Dianne Kimberly Rawlinson attempt to seek employment with the Dothard Alabama State prison system. Ms. Rawlinson only weight about 110 pounds when she applied for the occupation. Alabama State at the time had a weight requirement for employment was a minimum 120 pounds. Rawlinson’s application for employment as a correctional counselor in Alabama was rejected; therefore, she failed to meet the minimum 120-pound weight requirement of an Alabama statute, which also establishes a height minimum of 5 feet 2 inches. (Dothard v. Rawlinson, 433 U.S. 321 (1977)

Rawlinson’s perused her arguments that weight wasn’t an issue to perform the necessary job duties of a corrections officer because of her weight. Rawlinson’s filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging sex discrimination. Rawlinson’s continue with a civil complaint filed by Southern Poverty Law Center and district complaint that’s known as a Supreme Court Case Dothard V. Rawlinson, 433 U.S. 321 (1977). Rawlinson had to prove Alabama violated Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to the Title VII, it’s a women choice to work in all dangerous environment.

The Supreme Court Decision ruled on a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with a vote of 8 to 1 ruling bona fide occupational
Rawlinson, woman, have been fighting for equal rights and equal pay since the beginning of time. Furthermore, Rawlinson and other women pioneers opened the door for women’s rights. Men would still be dominating the workforce if Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964 defunct. The Supreme Court decisions illustrate the diminishing of this paternalistic bromide and cognitive achievements of equality for women under the law. There’s an old saying “women belong in the kitchen.” Women now have a degree of freedom and power. Women have been signaled handily raising boys to become