Originally Posted by
fastair
Per this, some airlines actually have a policy of moving men, and it did hit the western media..
Yes, Air NewZealand was the first major carrier that made news with the "male = potential pedophile" association.
But that is of course limited to certain regions, in the EU or the US, an airline could get into some trouble over this.
Originally Posted by
PVDtoDEL
In the UA case discussed here, UA did not move her because she was a woman, they probably moved her because it would be an uncomfortable situation (for her & the monks) to be seated next together, and they could find her a comparable seat elsewhere. It's not like she was denied boarding or moved to an inferior seat.
The motivation for the discrimination against her wasn't sexism on behalf of the airline but on behalf of the instigators. But it was absolutely because she was a woman.
And she preselected the seat, so she was denied a service because of her gender.
This is both bold and bad and I don't understand why UA did not do what they would have done with great routine for any 1K or GS elite: nothing.