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.On the first day of classes after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision forcing the all-male Virginia Military Institute to open its doors to women, Megan Smith braved the traditional verbal abuse inflicted on freshmen (called “rats”) by returning cadets. She was one of 30 women and 428 men to undergo hazing in the school’s traditional “rat line” in September 1997
Problem 3-2: Are these unconstitutional? • sex-segregated restrooms in public bldgs • no women in combat units • same-sex charter schools • Plus points for F applicants to traditionally male jobs • Excluding women of child-bearing age from jobs with exposure to fetus-dangering chemicals • Marriage licenses for MF couples only