Dati Stepping Down

BBC:

French Justice Minister Rachida Dati, the first politician of North African origin to hold a senior cabinet post in France, is stepping down.

President Nicolas Sarkozy did not explain why she was quitting...

Probably because the reason is fucking obvious:

Earlier this month she came under fire from women's groups for returning to work just five days after giving birth.

Women in France are guaranteed by law 16 weeks of paid maternity leave, but the French labour code does not apply to ministers like Ms Dati.

Do women's groups really want the Justice Minister to take 4 months off because of child birth? If she had, then wouldn't some people question whether women of child bearing age should even be appointed to such an important position? Is it unfair to women? Completely. But I would start asking a lot of questions if the Attorney General of the United States went on leave for 4 months for whatever reason.

I don't know what the answer is. She should probably have taken more than 5 days, but less than 4 months. Perhaps 1 month would have been good. Why one month and not two? No particular reason. Arbitrary.