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The notion that discrimination is not monolithic, but overlaps among a variety of groups, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, age, ability, and religion
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A federal law that prohibits job discrimination based on age
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A proposed, but unratified, constitutional amendment that would have prevented gender discrimination to the same extent that the Fourteenth Amendment prevents racial and ethnic discrimination.
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Laws that enhance criminal penalties for crimes committed out of prejudice toward certain groups
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Large-scale efforts of organizations and activists during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to secure the right to vote for women.
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Unwelcome sexual comments or treatment in the workplace or in an educational institution.
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Government policies that provided official legal recognition of same-sex couples without sanctioning marriage.
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A federal law that prohibits discrimination against people based on their disability and requires facilities to provide access to people with disabilities