Sample Charges: Sex

Description

Sex discrimination shows up in many forms: unequal pay and opportunities, harassment, being sidelined after pregnancy, or being judged for not fitting someone’s idea of how you should act. Naming it clearly in a charge is the first step.

These five (5) samples illustrate how to write your particular charge in various contexts:

• 1 Pretext + Comparator Sample
• 1 Pretext Only Sample
• 1 Comparator Only Sample
• 1 Retaliation Sample
• 1 Hostile Work Environment (Harassment) Sample

You will see real-format example charges for sex discrimination, built on the EEOC’s own structure and written the way an experienced employment attorney would: a clear timeline, specific incidents, and framing that ties what happened to why it was unlawful, across realistic scenarios.

Use them to understand the structure, tone, and detail that make a charge effective. It is an illustrative example for education and guidance, not legal advice and not a form to file as written. A Charge of Discrimination is signed under penalty of perjury, so yours must be truthful and reflect your own experience, in your own words.