Show me the occasion upon which a man has been discriminated against at his workplace for being a parent, and I'll give you a dollar.  Sure, any discrimination based on parental (or non-) status is unfair, and should be illegal.  In reality it's women who lose out for being parents, not men. 
Jill R. Chancey, PhD
Curator
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
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Randy Little wrote:
[log in to unmask]" type="cite">Just a quick question.  What if all the things where the same but instead of the other person being a man that other person was the SAME EXACT  situation but a woman?   Would it be discrimination then? I don't know the answer I just pose the question.

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On Jan 10, 2008 10:31 AM, Julia Moore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I was "maternally profiled" in a previous museum(-like) job—an internal promotion was not offered to me (nor was I even told that I was being considered for the opportunity) solely because I had young children at the time.  I wouldn't have even known about the discrimination had it not been explained to me very carefully that another person, a male with older children, was being offered the job "because your family still needs you."  They thought that by explaining it, it would forestall my having a fit about this other person being advanced ahead of me; instead, it created for me a shadow of resentment that colored the rest of my time there, and they are lucky I didn't pursue legal action.

 

Julia Muney Moore

Public Art Administrator

Blackburn Architects, Indianapolis, IN

(317) 875-5500 x219

  

 

 

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I encourage you to think about maternal profiling and discrimination when drafting a policy.  Options you and other employees may feel blessed to have included in your policy could be flex time, being able to work part-time at home, and other benifits that support being a working mother.  The information below highlights some of the key issues and research with includes an outstounding finding that mothers are 79% less likely to be hired than non-mothers with equal resumes and job experiences (see below).  Congratulations on your pregnancy and being a pioneer working mother director for your institution.

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