Amelia Vayda, Chapter 5, Question 2

In the beginning of this chapter Wheelan discusses discrimination of women in the job force. He mentions that some firms or work places won't hire women knowing that they might go on maternity leave and not come back to the work place. This is not legal but since firms are not asking women directly if they are going to go on maternity leave it is less obvious that it is happening. If a firm could choose between a male or female, they would rather hire the male because the male is not going to take a maternity leave and less likely to leave the work force if he has a family. This discrimination affects me directly in life because knowing that I might start a family could deter employers from hiring me for a specific job. Even though places have tried to work out this unfairness between men and women it still happens everyday. For me it would occur once I start looking for a job and especially when I start interviewing for one.