A restaurant decided to decorate for the holiday season and asked Michael to come in on the weekend to put up the outdoor decorations and lights. The supervisor stated that a "big, strong man like Michael, would be best-suited to the task." Is this sex discrimination?

A company employed an iron worker whose supervisor harassed him with derogatory insults, locker room talk, and simulated sex acts because the iron worker did not act in the way the supervisor believed a man should act. The iron worker complained and eventually was laid off because of a lack of work. Is this sex discrimination?

After every birthday celebration in the office, extra cleaning was needed around the workplace. Her supervisor asked Rachel to make sure everything was put away and clean before she left for the day because women were the neatest employees. Is this sex discrimination?

Margaret was terminated for not being "pretty" and lacking the "Midwestern girl look." Her employer said that her general outfit of a button down shirt and slacks was not feminine. Is this sex discrimination?

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Plaintiff alleges that he suffered sex discrimination due to his gender status as heterosexual because women and homosexuals earn higher salaries than he does and receive pay increases where he does not. Is this an undue hardship case?