Your employer hires you (a woman) and offers you special training to get ready for your job. Your job entails lifting heavy items multiple times a day. The training is only offered to female new hires since it is thought that all male new hires will be strong enough to withstand the lifting demands of the job. A new male employee is hired and asks for the special training. He is denied and told that the training is only offered to female candidates for the above reasons. Does this constitute employment-based discrimination? To check your thoughts see section D, "Unlawful Employment Practices" Think it Through Your employer hires you (a woman) and offers you special training to get ready for your job. Your job entails lifting heavy items multiple times a day. The training is only offered to female new hires since it is thought that all male new hires will be strong enough to withstand the lifting demands of the job. A new male employee is hired and asks for the special training. He is denied and told that the training is only offered to female candidates for the above reasons. Does this constitute employment-based discrimination? To check your