pretextual

• Further, biased pretextual and other unjust treatment of women has been traced by some feminist philosophers to their being viewed as impaired and thereby subjected to the usual social practice of devaluing disability and people who are disabled. —  Feminist Perspectives on Disability
• Feminists have found traditional moral philosophy suspect for inflating typical male behaviors into paradigmatic moral actions and traditional political philosophy equally suspect for being bereft of remedies for the moral and political challenges posed by such biased and pretextual exclusion. —  Feminist Perspectives on Disability
• Judge Robertson, who presided over Schroer's case, rejected all these explanations as either pretextual -- believing that CRS actually made its decision because of her newly disclosed transsexual status, and not these other concerns -- or themselves discriminatory. —  FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
• But they applied the standard that said if the plaintiff can create a fact issue as to whether it was pretextual, then that alone is sufficient. —  CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2006
• Burlington claims he was "subjected to a hostile work environment based on his race," and that his firing was "pretextual," discriminatory, and done with "reckless indifference." —  Latest Articles

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