Selling Women Short:

We are offering a high discount due to slightly damage.On television, Wal-Mart employees are smiling women delighted with their jobs. But reality is another story. In 2000, Betty Dukes, a 52-year-old black woman in Pittsburg, California, became the lead plaintiff inDukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, a class action representing 1.4 million women. In an explosive investigation of this historic lawsuit, journalist Liza Featherstone reveals how Wal-Mart, a self-styled “family-oriented,” Christian company: Deprives women (but not men) of the training they need to advance — Relegates women to lower-paying jobs, like selling baby clothes, reserving the more lucrative positions for men — Inflicts punitive demotions on employees who object to discrimination — Exploits Asian women in its sweatshops in Saipan, a U.S.