Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site uwvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!uwvax!djn From: djn@uwvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Supreme Court decision Message-ID: <984@uwvax.ARPA> Date: Mon, 11-Jul-83 18:42:41 EDT Article-I.D.: uwvax.984 Posted: Mon Jul 11 18:42:41 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jul-83 19:32:26 EDT References: <1721@hplabsb.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 16 I, for one, would like to see a discussion of this issue; it will also be a welcome break from that other issue which is discussed and discussed... Patricia Collins mentions that women have had to pay higher insurance rates and receive lower pension benefits as a result of longer life expectancy. Surely life insurance premiums for women are lower due to the same factor so that the discrimination is not always against women but sometimes in their favor. Since the court decision was an interpretation of the Civil Rights Act, can the non-discrimination by sex be generalized to non-discrimination by age? Where does one draw the line? This issue is perplexing; I find myself on the minority side of the Supreme Court vote (which was 5-4 I believe). I would welcome well-constructed arguments supporting the majority side. -Dennis Nichols uwvax!djn