Dress Code Discriminatory

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18-3 The dress code used in this scenario was discriminatory. The reason that made it biased was that there were two dress codes for men and women. A dress code that is not discriminatory is one that is same for members of both genders. On the other hand, the motive for the dress code was to distinguish men from women. That act of distinguishing men from women was discriminatory in nature, and it went against the dress code ethics. The motive for distinguishing men from women is not said. Both men and women were doing the same type of job; it, therefore, means that there was no need for distinguishing them. Telling women to wear smocks and men not to wear it was discriminatory in nature. Circumstances that would allow workers to wear different

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