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[quote=Anonymous]Let’s see. I am a lawyer and 20 years ago I was working for a boutique firm with boutique pay and big law hours. I had a baby in the early 2000s and when I got pregnant, my firm had no maternity leave. My boss created the policy of 6 weeks paid and 6 weeks unpaid (I took all of the leave offered). He said you had an option to use 2 weeks of vacation to extend the leave to 8 weeks, but he denied the leave request for me and every other woman after me. I was expected to be in the office when I wasn’t in court and every other week, he held a meeting to discuss every case the firm had and the meeting lasted until 11pm or later. At the time, there were very limited job options for lawyers and it was hard to find out about them. Judges yelled at you and other male lawyers *routinely* raised their voices and yelled at me and other female lawyers when we didn’t capitulate to their demands. Imagine someone with as much or less experience than you yelling at you because you won’t do what they want. This was a multiple times per week experience in this area. I was one of a very few women in my line of work. I left that firm and worked for myself and that was much better for me and our family.[/quote]

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