An employer that allowed rap music with sexually explicit and violent lyrics to be played loudly on its premises will face a sex discrimination suit brought by eight ex-employees, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday 3-0 in its decision overturning a motion to dismiss by Chief U.S.
District Judge Miranda Du. According to the suit, S&S Activewear allowed employees to set up powerful speakers across its 700,000-square-foot warehouse in Reno, Nevada.
These speakers would allegedly play rap songs the plaintiffs found to be “sexually graphic [and] violently misogynistic.” Songs mentioned in the suit are “Blowjob Betty” by Too Short and “Stan” by Eminem.
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