Many of the world's most ground-breaking inventions came out of Renaissance Europe. The years between the late 14th and early 17th centuries were characterised by imagination, experimentation and change in the schools of science, design and engineering.
at 79-80. Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228 (1989). The Supreme Court recognized that employment discrimination based on sex stereotypes (e.g., assumptions and/or expectations about how persons of a certain sex should dress, behave, etc.) is unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII.
The Supreme Court held that the lower courts erred by requiring the Defendant to make its proof by clear and convincing evidence. This test was subsequently adopted by all federal courts in ADEA cases. The Civil Rights Act of 1991 altered the Price Waterhouse mixed-motive standard in Title VII cases.