Direct Vs Indirect Discrimination Essay

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Have you ever came across with this name; Daphne Iking? We might know her as a television personality and a celebrity, but we might overlook that she is working for her family too. Daphne is a breadwinner for her family. Did you guys know that, around early 2017 last year, she just shocked the medias that she just gave birth to her third child; a boy. Many of her friends did not know that she is pregnant and she hid her pregnancy very well. Why she kept her pregnant as a secret?
She told The Star that, “You see, I had confirmed emcee and hosting jobs scheduled in the next two to three months and from my previous experience, I had faced some discrimination when clients found out I was pregnant and refused to hire me (even though I was not showing or was able to …show more content…

Even though she is self-employed and not involved in any public or private sectors, but it is shows that people out there mostly employers put a barrier and prejudice towards pregnant women.
Discrimination may occur in private or public sectors and can be classified as direct and indirect discrimination. Direct discrimination refers to a situation when someone is badly or unjustly treated as compared to others even though they are within the similar circumstances while indirect discrimination refers to the situation where everyone appear to be treated equally based on the same rules or requirements but it seems to be difficult to be complied by certain members of the group.
On the other hand, pregnancy is part of women identity that has reproductive capacity and since it is a social function, women should be never discriminated due to the pregnancy particularly in employment. Pregnancy discrimination involves treating a woman (an applicant or employee) unfavorably because of pregnancy, childbirth or medical condition related to pregnancy or

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