@KateSourire 我在此补充一个案例。Unix资深研发者Lorinda Cherry 70年代初在贝尔实验室工作。据同事回忆，当时公司的正式研发岗只聘用男性，却只聘用资历相同的女性至助理岗。同时公司拒绝为女性提供和男性雇员相等的福利，她只能靠诉讼争取。

> Lorinda...was hired...as a TA--the typical fate of women graduates, while their male counterparts were hired as full members of technical staff. ... one year she received a statement of benefits that explained what her wife would receive upon her death. When Lorinda called HR to confirm that they meant spouse, they said no...still AT&T preferred to pay lawyers rather than widowers, and fought it to the bitter end.

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https://www.solidot.org/story?sid=70694/
https://lwn.net/ml/tuhs/CAKH6PiVi+JoxDG7ACMG5G+qnTkxTMsohGx6Wq3UNVkogO4N0Vg@mail.gmail.com/