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

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Silky Coordinates can argue that having female attendants is a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) because the nature of the job requires assisting women in intimate situations such as trying on clothes. This defense is limited to situations where sex is an essential element of the job, and there is no reasonable alternative available.

Silky Coordinates, a Women's Clothing Store, Employs Female Attendants to As-Sist