Black Box Quotes

“Across both parties, a total of seven attorneys, their support staff, and seven expert witnesses worked on my lawsuit. Over the course of two years, litigation involved well over ten people being deposed, multiple subpoenas, and several rounds of written interrogatories. This all added up to Google likely spending millions of dollars in fighting me, which was a drop in the bucket for the company, but significant nonetheless. Perhaps if the powers that be instituted mandatory annual reporting of dollars spent by corporations on discrimination and harassment lawsuits, people might take more notice, pushing more companies to take workplace misconduct seriously.”
― Chelsey Glasson, Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir

“Just like women who experience miscarriages or pregnancy complications, women who experience pregnancy discrimination often suffer in isolation, with minimal acknowl- edgment or validation because of strong stigmas against women talking about any hardships associated with pregnancy.”
― Chelsey Glasson, Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir

“I know now that for every woman who files a lawsuit at the state or federal level, there are thousands more suffering in silence. Even for women who have the security and the resources to do so, fighting pregnancy discrimination — or any type of workplace misconduct — is a monumental, all-consuming effort. These barriers need to change so that all women, not just those with opportunities and advantages, can fight back.”
― Chelsey Glasson, Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir

“This double standard is an example of how pregnancy is handled and conceptualized differently than other medical conditions. Since it is so often considered a choice, a condition a woman has opted into, there can be little empathy when things go wrong.”
― Chelsey Glasson, Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir