These are the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”).

There are many studies that estimate that only 5% of women who are victims of discrimination take any legal action to protect their rights.

More than half of women who believe they were discriminated against claim that they did no report it due to fear of retaliation. Some more latent, or hidden, and some more obvious and clear.

Imagine this: you’re sitting in your California home surfing an online chat room.

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There are also statutes that are typically impacted along with Title TII sex discrimination.

At the time of their chat, Shapiro, using the name Todd Christopher Elliot, claimed to be only two or three years older than the victim.

Initially, Shapiro and Doe would speak only a few times throughout the week but as time progressed, so did the frequency of their chats.

The interaction between Doe and Shapiro started off innocent, but when Doe turned 16 – the age of consent in Indiana – the conversations quickly became sexual.

Shapiro began asking the victim to masturbate and later sent her an image of a “young man, who he claimed to be him, with his penis exposed.” In exchange, the victim proceeded to send nude images of herself to Shapiro.