What legal precedents exist in the US for discrimination against men?
<p>What legal precedent if any, exists for men who have been discriminated against, on the basis of being men?</p>

<p>In the US, there have been a few cases (<a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-childrens-home-inc-sex-discrimination-and-retaliation" rel="noreferrer">EEOC v. The Children's Home, Inc.</a>, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/socal/burbank-leader/tn-blr-jury-sides-with-air-force-veteran-in-gender-discrimination-suit-against-burbank-20160115-story.html" rel="noreferrer">Michael W. Naylor v. City of Burbank</a>) in the realm of employment discrimination. There may well be more cases which are settled without going to court. There are somewhat more court cases in the UK, see <a href="https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/sex-discrimination-against-men-10-ways/" rel="noreferrer">here</a> for a number of relevant categories. In addition, there are significant cases regarding discrimination against gay males, for example <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf" rel="noreferrer">Bostock v. Clayton Co</a>, decided by SCOTUS this summer.</p>

<p>I nominate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_v._Boren" rel="noreferrer">Craig v. Boren</a> (1976):</p>
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<p>Oklahoma passed a statute prohibiting the sale of &quot;nonintoxicating&quot; 3.2% beer to males under the age of 21 but allowed females over the age of 18 to purchase it. The statute was challenged as a Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause violation by Curtis Craig, a male who was over 18 but under 21...The [Supreme] Court held that the gender classifications made by the Oklahoma statute were unconstitutional...</p>
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<p>Interestingly, this decision was a landmark for women's rights, and <a href="https://supremecourthistory.org/lc_justice_for_beer_drinkers.html" rel="noreferrer">Ruth Bader Ginsberg's involvement</a> helped to raise her legal profile. Four years later she was confirmed to the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.</p>

<p>In the UK, there was an interesting case many years ago before discrimination based on sexual preference (being gay / lesbian) became illegal:</p>
<p>A company owner had a very jealous wife that stopped him from hiring a female secretary, so he hired a male secretary. Then his wife found out the male secretary was gay, and forced the company owner to fire the secretary.</p>
<p>This went to court. A first court decided that firing the secretary (for being gay) was at that time legal. This went then to a second court. The judge declared that the secretary wasn't fired for being gay - because a lesbian female secretary would have been acceptable to the jealous wife. He was fired for being a man, and won a case for unfair dismissal.</p>

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