of British ColLunbia (1989) 36 CRR 193 [1989} 1 SCR 143; (1989) 56 DLR 4h 1. H. AGE AND SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION IN JURISDICTIONS OTHER 130. Over the years has been developed a whole host of reach jurisprudence on age and gender classification. 131. In the leading case of Frontiero v Richardson, the Federal Supreme Court was concerned with a Federal law that allowed a man to automatically claim his wife as a dependent and thereby receive a greater allowance for quarters and for medical benefits. A woman, however, could only gain these benefits if she could prove her spouse was dependent on her for over half of his support. The court held the law to be unconstitutional. 132. In a famous passage, Justice Brennan wrote as follows at page 773:~ "There can be no doubt that our Nation has had a long and unfortunate history of sex discrimination. Traditionally such discrimination was rationalised by an attitude of 'romantic paternalism' which, in practical effect, put women, not on a pedestal, but in a cage." Justice Brennan argued that the characteristics that justify strict scrutiny of racial classifications also are present as to gender discrimination: 'Women still face pervasive, although at times more subtle, discrimination m our educational institutions, in the job market, and perhaps most conspicuously, in the political arena. Page 44 of 46 Applicant's Heads of Argument in the matter between: Love ness Mudzuru & Another v Minister of Justice Legal & Parliamentary Affairs & 2 Others Case Number CCZ 79/2014 Prepared by Tendai Biti Law