490 U.S. 228 (1989) Cited 4,616 times 161 Legal Analyses
Holding that an employer discriminated on the basis of sex when he "act[ed] on the basis of a belief that a woman cannot be aggressive, or that she must not be"
Holding that, in balancing the scope of reasonable opposition conduct, "[t]he requirements of the job and the tolerable limits of conduct in a particular setting must be explored"
Holding that the plaintiff's allegations that defendant had advised her that it would not hire a woman for the position at issue was sufficient to create an issue of direct evidence when other circumstantial evidence supported plaintiff's contention