Word: littleton
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...other feminists contend pregnancy leave simply acknowledges women's childbearing function and neutralizes its effect on career advancement. The California law "in effect equalizes working men and women," argues Christine Littleton, counsel for the Los Angeles-based Coalition for Reproductive Equality in the Workplace. "It is okay to recognize that women have some difference in their requirements," says Economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett, who has criticized feminists in the past for denigrating the importance of women's child-rearing and family responsibilities. "This decision means that there is recognition at the highest legal levels that in order to get equal results...
...claiming that the statute runs afoul of federal laws barring discrimination based on pregnancy. Kathy Bonk of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, which also opposes the state rule, argues, "When pregnant women are put in special categories, they are denied benefits and paid less." But Christine Littleton, who teaches law at UCLA, retorts, "Inadequate leave policy means that women who choose to become parents lose their jobs, while...
...twist: under the California law, women are made equal to men in the sense that both can now exercise their reproductive rights without risking their jobs. In fact, however, these advocates are proposing women-only benefits, like those routinely offered to working mothers in other industrialized countries. Says Christine Littleton, co-founder of CREW and an acting professor of law at UCLA: "Sometimes equal treatment is what is necessary for long-term equality. Sometimes...
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