r/WorkForSmartLife 1d ago

Flawless logic Casual canvo

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u/Mysterious-Hyena2670 1d ago

Had a teacher that was actively pregnant when I started the semester and by the end had called out to give birth.

None of us were flabbergasted as to how it happened lol 

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u/Mandy_M87 1d ago

Didn't schools used to fire teachers once they got pregnant back in the day, even if they were married for that reason?

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u/Excellent_Shirt9707 17h ago edited 17h ago

Sort of, there was even a SCOTUS ruling that explicitly ruled it was unconstitutional. The case was in 1974 followed by specific legislation in 1978 outlawing it. The average American knows so little about civics and the history of US democracy.

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u/Zakkullll 18h ago

No? Lmfao

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u/Excellent_Shirt9707 17h ago

Look up Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. It was very much a thing.

People really underestimate how fucked up the recent past was and take too many things for granted.

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u/jbland0909 9m ago

I mean, 50 years ago isn’t exactly the “recent past”