名词解释：性别歧视指在关于性别上存在的偏见，指一种性别成员对另一种性别成员的不平等对待。尤其是男性对女性的不平等对待。两性之间的不平等，造成社会的性别歧视。但也可用来指称任何因为性别所造成的差别待遇。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

As the Ellen Pao sex discrimination trial continues to captivate Silicon Valley, the law firm representing Ms. Pao has filed a bias case on behalf of another woman against an even bigger target: Facebook.

Chia Hong, who worked for Facebook from 2010 to 2013, said that she faced discrimination, harassment and retaliation — and was eventually fired — because she is a woman and of Taiwanese descent, according to a lawsuit filed in state court in San Mateo County, where the company is based.

In response to Ms. Hong's suit, Facebook said in a statement: "We work extremely hard on issues related to diversity, gender and equality, and we believe we've made progress."

就在鲍康如(Ellen Pao)性别歧视案持续在硅谷引发热议的同时，代表她的律师事务所又为另一名女性提交了歧视诉讼状，这次针对的公司规模更大：Facebook。

在Facebook总部所在地圣马特奥市的州法院提交的一份诉讼资料显示，洪嘉(音译)2010年至2013年供职于Facebook，她说由于自己是女性，而且有台湾血统，在该公司受到歧视、骚扰和报复，并最终遭到解雇。

对于洪嘉的诉讼，Facebook发表声明说：“我们在多元化、性别和平等问题上付出了极大的努力，我们相信已经在这些方面取得了进展。”

【讲解】

文中的sex discrimination就是“性别歧视”的意思，也可以表示为gender discrimination，其中discrimination是名词，意为“歧视”，如：discrimination against immigrants(对移民的歧视)，也可以指辨别精微事物的能力，如：subtle discrimination(敏锐的识别力)

第一段中的on behalf of解释为“代表某人”或“为了某人的利益”的意思，如：A solicitor issued a statement on behalf of the victim's family.(一位初级律师代表受害者家庭发表声明。)