{"product_id":"mothers-on-the-job-maternity-policy-in-the-u-s-workplace-paperback-softback-9780813519197","title":"Mothers on the Job; Maternity Policy in the U.S. Workplace (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813519197","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMothers on the Job\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMaternity Policy in the U.S. Workplace\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLise Vogel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813519197\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.313 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Women's increasing demands for protection and benefits in the workplace, especially with regard to maternity leave, have sparked more than a century of controversy among feminists on how best to serve the needs of working women. This debate continues to divide the feminist community. One side believes women are better served by emphasizing equality with men--pregnancy should be treated like any other \"disability.\" The other side wants to recognize difference--special provisions should apply only to pregnant women. Lise Vogel examines the evolution of this debate on pregnant women in the workplace, looking at theoretical as well as practical implications. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Vogel begins by assessing the history of the contemporary debate on pregnancy policy in the U.S. Since the middle of the nineteenth-century, American women have been torn by the contradictory demands of motherhood and the workplace. Pregnancy was grounds for dismissal from work and few employers took action to protect pregnant workers. To counter this, early twentieth-century feminists and reformers emphasized female specificity and women's special role. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In the 1960s activists adopted a strategy framed on equality, which moved away from the earlier emphasis on differences. The use of equality strategies to cover the female-specific phenomenon of pregnancy turned out to have problems. Now women's special needs were denied and ignored. These difficulties and a series of court cases in the 1980s triggered debates in the feminist legal community. Vogel looks at the litigation and debates, which pitted advocates of gender-neutral strategies against critics who called for female-specific policies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Vogel argues that, in terms of practical benefits, women will be served best by a gender-neutral approach to pregnancy policy. She encourages equality advocates to recognize the inherent diversity of individuals, and points out the need to be sensitive to individual factors of race and class, as well as sex. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The Dilemma of Pregnancy Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Woman's Place\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Domestic Code\u003cbr\u003e Equal Rights and Special Treatment\u003cbr\u003e The Facts of Common Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e A Class by Herself \u003cbr\u003e After \u003ci\u003eMuller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Mothers at Work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maternity Benefits\u003cbr\u003e Motherhood as a Social Function\u003cbr\u003e Motherhood as a Private Responsibility\u003cbr\u003e A Two-Tier Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Feminism and Equality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e True Equality and Real Protection\u003cbr\u003e Sex, Race, and the Equality Framework\u003cbr\u003e The Pregnancy Policy Puzzle\u003cbr\u003e A New Solution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Difference in Court\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pregnancy Discrimination and the Supreme Court\u003cbr\u003e Pregnancy Disability Legislation\u003cbr\u003e Controversy in the Feminist Legal Community\u003cbr\u003e Feminist Friends of the Court\u003cbr\u003e The Justices Speak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Questioning Equality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Knots and Entanglements\u003cbr\u003e Is Pregnancy So Different?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. The Equality Framework Extended\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Pregnancy Discrimination Act and Women Workers\u003cbr\u003e Familiy and Medical Leave Legislation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Difference as Strategy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So Great a Change\u003cbr\u003e Strategizing for Justice\u003cbr\u003e Female-Specific Policy and Twentieth-Century Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Beyond Equality versus Difference\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Radical Edge\u003cbr\u003e The Critique of Equality\u003cbr\u003e Toward a Politics of Diversity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Different but Not Unequal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Motherhood and Policy \u003cbr\u003e Differential Consideration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559276802328,"sku":"9780813519197","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mothers-on-the-job-maternity-policy-in-the-u-s-workplace-paperback-softback-9780813519197","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}