Sophisticates, a women's clothing store, employs female attendants to as?sist customers in the dressing rooms. Tod, a forty-one-year-old male, ap?plies for an atten?dant's job, but is not hired. In Tod's suit against Sophisticates for em?ployment discrimination under Title VII, the store has

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The store can assert a bona fide occupational qualification defense because they argue that having female attendants is necessary for their business and is reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the business. However, the after-acquired evidence defense, business necessity defense, and seniority systems defense are not applicable in this situation.

Sophisticates, a Women's Clothing Store, Employs Female Attendants to As?sist