Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
Parental leave policies should be a key aspect of ensuring reproductive justice for all families as they choose to expand. Unfortunately, in relation to university policies, the reproductive health of birth givers in the United States is not ensured and takes a backseat to the needs of the business rather than their employees. When Parental Leave policies are created to further the investment and protection of the college, complex terminology takes over what should be an understandable document. When work-based policies are unclear or do not cover the full range of birth and family outcomes, inequality reaches new heights in the workplace. To investigate this issue, I have compiled and coded a corpus of parental leave documents for universities in the United States to analyze their independent discrepancies. Finding these modes of injustice within education based policies furthers the claim of reproductive health being categorized as an inconsequential aspect of parental leave. The process of rhetorical policy analysis enables the compilation of injustices in the education administration when it comes to the reproductive rights and well-being of university employees.
Document Type
presentations
Language
English
Rights
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License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Recommended Citation
Weems, Elizabeth and Hartline, Megan Dr., "Parental Leave Policies as Structures of Inequality". ReSEARCH Dialogues Conference proceedings. https://scholar.utc.edu/research-dialogues/2024/Proceedings/9.
Parental Leave Policies as Structures of Inequality
Parental leave policies should be a key aspect of ensuring reproductive justice for all families as they choose to expand. Unfortunately, in relation to university policies, the reproductive health of birth givers in the United States is not ensured and takes a backseat to the needs of the business rather than their employees. When Parental Leave policies are created to further the investment and protection of the college, complex terminology takes over what should be an understandable document. When work-based policies are unclear or do not cover the full range of birth and family outcomes, inequality reaches new heights in the workplace. To investigate this issue, I have compiled and coded a corpus of parental leave documents for universities in the United States to analyze their independent discrepancies. Finding these modes of injustice within education based policies furthers the claim of reproductive health being categorized as an inconsequential aspect of parental leave. The process of rhetorical policy analysis enables the compilation of injustices in the education administration when it comes to the reproductive rights and well-being of university employees.