Celio Diaz Jr. was not interested in the glamorous image, the clothes or the chance to meet eligible, attractive men, but he did want to be the male version of a stewardess, an airline cabin attendant. He had his own reason: he simply wanted to fly round the world.
So Diaz asked Pan American for the job—and was turned down. Acting under a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was generally intended to provide equal rights for women, he then sued Pan Am. The airline, resting its case on an exception in the law, contended that the sex...
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