Lingerie Closet,a women's clothing store,employs female attendants to assist customers in the dressing rooms. Mark,a forty-one-year-old male,applies for an attendant's job,but is not hired. In Mark's suit against Lingerie Closet for employment discrimination under Title VII,the store has

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Lingerie Closet may argue that being female is a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) for the attendant position, as it involves assisting customers in the dressing rooms, which may make some female customers uncomfortable with a male attendant present. BFOQ is a defense that allows employers to consider gender as a factor when it is reasonably necessary to the operation of a particular business or enterprise.

Lingerie Closet,a Women's Clothing Store,employs Female Attendants to Assist Customers