Gender issues and the Supreme Court.

The latter half of the twentieth century was a time of major societal changes in the United States. All these changes—particularly increased recognition of individual rights, the mass entry of women into the workplace, and technological advances—raised new legal issues involving gender, and the Supreme Court began to see cases involving claims of differential treatment based on gender or sex. Cases alleging de jure gender discrimination have largely, but not entirely, been supplanted by those claiming de facto discrimination.