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Young v. United States Parcel Service
2015-03-30 16:38:14| Air Courier - Topix.net
At the core of the Court's decision in Young v. United Parcel Service is a fundamental question of feminist jurisprudence: should women be treated the same as men, or should they receive special treatment?1 Which strategy would better achieve gender equality?2 The debate itself is decades-old, and the Court has-appropriately enough-zigged and zagged in its resolution of the issues.3 Liberal feminists have sought to emphasize women's similarities to men, arguing that women do not need special treatment to "compensate" for the physical reality that women can become pregnant; on the other hand, women should not be treated differently and penalized when they do become pregnant.4 Thus, in a case that helped served as a catalyst for the Pregnancy Discrimination Act's enactment, General Electric Co.
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