CA gov candidate Larry Elder said employers should be able to ask women if & when will get pregnant

[Demovictory9]

Elder, who is running in the recall election to unseat Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, expressed his views on the subject in the 2002 book "Showdown: Confronting Bias, Lies, and the Special Interests that Divide America," Media Matters reported last week.

In the book, Elder wrote: "Are there legitimate business reasons for a venture capitalist to ask a female entrepreneur whether and when she intends to have children? Hell, yes."

He compared it to a sports team forbidding its players from taking part in "hazardous conduct not related to their sport."

"Call it protecting an investment," he added.

He also suggested women who have kids aren't "committed" to work, Media Matters reported.

When asked about the comments by the Associated Press on Wednesday, Elder stood by his past statements, responding, "government should not be intruding into the relationship between employer and employee."

https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-elder-employers-california-recall-ask-women-about-pregnancy-2021-8

[Mike Nelson]

1. So...

... it's not only the male partner deciding when a woman should be pregnant. Larry Elder wants her employer to participate in the decision, also! And, what if she gets pregnant outside of the time period agreed to with the employer? I guess Larry Elder will have some new laws to address the criminal woman who got themselves pregnant at the wrong time. This man is running for Governor!

[tonedevil]

2. Larry Elder should fuck himself with a skill drill. /NT

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Obviously I VERY MUCH want Newsom to NOT be recalled and generally dislike Elder

But this:

"Are there legitimate business reasons for a venture capitalist to ask a female entrepreneur whether and when she intends to have children? Hell, yes."

Is not describing an employer/employee relationship. In THAT specific scenario, I don't disagree.

That said, I didn't read the whole article, but guessing there's lots more incriminating stuff in there than that blurb.

To be clear, I absolutely do NOT think an employer has any right to base hiring decisions on any potential employee's desire/propensity to contribute to the overpopulation of the world, be they on the sperm side or the egg side of equation.

Because it has nothing to do with how good of a job they'll do, and further, leads to unfair discrimination.

And also the whole 'government not intruding into the relationship' spiel is code-words for 'no unions, no workers rights, no OSHA, no anti-child-labor laws, and most importantly ... no minimum wage'

That alone tells me ... this dude sucks.

[Irish_Dem]

4. This guy would be happy living in China, where they do mandatory pregnancy testing.

And if a woman has an unauthorized pregnancy, she gets hit with all kinds of hell.

[Vinca]

5. So Larry's running on a celibacy platform? That's a new one.