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GCSE Sociology · key term
A personal characteristic for which discrimination is prohibited under equality legislation, subject to the law’s scope and exceptions.
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Component 2
Revise: Influential Sociological FactorsDirect discrimination means treating someone less favourably because of a protected characteristic. Indirect discrimination involves a rule applied to everyone which puts people with a particular protected characteristic at an unfair disadvantage, unless it can be justified under the law.
Use the law’s precise terms: the Equality Act 2010 protects sex and sexual orientation, but social class is not itself a protected characteristic.
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