Based on a Case Study in the American Journal of Forensic

Based on a case study in The American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry in which it was found that a jury would consider a female defense attorney as bolstering the credibility of a male defendant, John, a defendant in a case involving allegations of sexual harassment and rape insists that the firm of Elliot and Ness put a female attorney in charge of his criminal case. The firm has 11 attorneys (four female and 11 male) . One of the male attorneys feels that he is more qualified to handle the case and objects to assigning a female attorney based on John's preference. If the law firm assigns a female attorney to John's case, it is

A) not a violation of Title VII because it is a BFOQ based on the case study.
B) a violation of Title VII because it is based on customer preference.
C) not a violation of Title VII because John can articulate a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for his preference.
D) a violation of Title VII because the law firm has more than twice as many male attorneys as female attorneys.