The Annual Review of Sociology
Online ISSN : 1884-0086
Print ISSN : 0919-4363
ISSN-L : 0919-4363
Differential Treatment of Women Workers
A Look at Post-Natal Job Resignation
Hiromi SUGIURA
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2006 Volume 2006 Issue 19 Pages 72-82

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In this paper, I examine a case in which regular female employer resigned after childbirth even though she wished to continue their employment. In doing so, I hope to show how a split is being created between women who feel that they can ask for maternity leave quite easily and those who feel that they cannot. There is clearly a problem of differential and selective treatment when it comes to women who wish to maintain their employment after pregnancy. It is my finding that the process by which resignation finally occurs is really the path by which a woman is forced to accept unfair treatment.
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