Paying Women to Freeze their eggs - A Sticking Plaster over the issue of Inequality in the Workplace for Mothers
So this was just announced today that Apple and Facebook are going to pay women employees to freeze their eggs so they can have children later and not worry about being railroaded in their career track.
I really feel this is problematic on so many levels. Surely we as a society should be asking ourselves why is it more difficult for women to have a successful career once they have children than it is for men.
I also think it might give women a false sense of security - there are many factors leading to infertility and I just don't think the data is conclusive that freezing eggs leads to a massively increased fertility when you are over 40.
As a coach, I do think it would be more beneficial for these companies to pay for coaching to help women work out what they are wanting for themselves in terms of having children or not before paying for an expensive and invasive medical procedure.
But my main issue is that there are structural inequalities and discrimination faces by women and mothers needs to be addressed first. This feels like an ineffective sticking paster on a much larger issue.
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