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New Yahoo! CEO and soon-to-be-mom Marissa Mayer’s revelation last week that she plans to take a just few weeks for maternity leave prompts a slew of articles
New Yahoo! CEO and soon-to-be-mom Marissa Mayer’s revelation last week that she plans to take a just few weeks for maternity leave prompts a slew of articles

pollNew Yahoo! CEO and soon-to-be-mom Marissa Mayer’s revelation last week that she plans to take a just few weeks for maternity leave and “work throughout it” re-upped the debate about women balancing their families and careers.

Coming in the wake of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Atlantic essay “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” Mayer’s announcement prompted a slew of articles, guest op-eds, blog posts, and point-counterpoint wars of words. The arguments on either side are likely all too familiar to people in the legal community, where debate rages about the precedent-setting impact of her decision, and whether taking significant time off with your baby is an essential human right or a potential career-killer.

What would you have done in Mayer’s shoes: take a longer leave; sacrifice that dream job because the time isn’t right; or do as she’s doing? Take our latest poll, to the right of this post, to weigh in on the debate.