Sen. Elizabeth Warren's story about losing her job in 1971 once it became clear she was visibly pregnant fits into a much larger pattern, one familiar to many women: It's the tradition of sexism in the guise of scrutiny, writes Brandon Tensley | Analysis
Earlier this week, Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate, was asked about a story that she's mentioned often on the campaign trail: In 1971, when she was 22 years old and completing her first year of teaching, she lost her job once it became clear that she was visibly pregnant. It was, she tweeted,"an experience millions of women will recognize.
Consider how, this same week, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, another Democratic presidential hopeful, was pulled into a case at the global law firm DLA Piper, where a junior partner alleges that one of the company's higher-ups sexually assaulted her four times. Harris' only connection to the firm is that her husband is one of its hundreds of partners.
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