1. Why do you think the employer instituted the rule discussed here? Does it actually address the employer’s concern?
2. Can you think of a better way for management to handle its concerns about preschool parents?
3. Does Justice Marshall’s position make sense to you? Why or why not?

Martin Marietta informed Ida Phillips that it was not accepting job applications from women with pre-school-age children. As of the time of this action, Martin Marietta employed men with pre-school-age children. At the time Phillips applied, 70–75% of the applicants for the position she sought were women; 75–80% of those hired for the position, assembly trainee, were women, hence no question of bias against women as such was presented.