Discrimination

Question 1

What is gender discrimination?

Answer 1

This is discrimination against someone’s sex (male or female)

Question 2

What is racial discrimination?

Answer 2

This is discrimination against a person on a basis of their race

Question 3

What is disability discrimination?

Answer 3

This is discrimination against a person who is disabled

Question 4

What is age discrimination?

Answer 4

This is discrimination against people of a certain age. (Usually in older people)

Question 5

What is sexual orientation discrimination?

Answer 5

This is discrimination against a person because of there sexual preference

Question 6

An example of gender discrimination

Answer 6

An example might be employing a male direction over a female director when the gender of the director have no affect on the job

Question 7

An example of racial discrimination

Answer 7

An example of racial would be employing a British person over a Chinese person just because there of a different race

Question 8

An example of of disability discrimination

Answer 8

An example of this might be that an employer does not employ someone with hearing difficulties when this doesn’t affect a job

Question 9

An example of age discrimination

Answer 9

An example of this might be refusing to employ a 60 year old person just because of his/her age

Question 10

What are the 5 main types of discrimination?

Answer 10

1. Gender
2. Age
3. Sexual orientation
4. Racial
5. Disability

Question 11

An example of sexual orientation discrimination

Answer 11

An example of this would be that an employer may refuse to employ a person because they are gay or lesbian