Hi all! I was very interested in the topic we touched upon at the end of class and conducted further research into Professor Antecol's study. I found a NY Times article that references Professor Antecol's study and provides a bit more detail about it than we discussed in class. One comment I found fascinating was from Alison Davis-Blake, the dean of the Ross School of Business:
"The problem, said Ms. Davis-Blake, is that 'giving birth is not a gender-neutral event,' recalling that during her pregnancy, 'I threw up every day.' She argued, 'Policies that are neutral in the eyes of a lawyer are not neutral in fact.'"
In this sense, I see Ms. Davis-Blake as advocating laws that do indeed recognize the differences that occur naturally between the sexes (such as the fact that women are the ones to bear children) and those differences that result from the demands that society places upon each of the sexes (such as the commonly accepted idea that women have a greater role to play in a child's life after birth). Thoughts on this article? Or on the topic at hand?
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