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From: djn@uwvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Supreme Court decision
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Date: Mon, 11-Jul-83 18:42:41 EDT
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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