nezua:
Zero hour for humanity. Zero concern for compassion. Zero empathy for our mothers.
I call bullshit on this, simply because two of my coworkers at my job actually went on maternity leave and guess what? THEY GOT IT! It was 100% covered and everything!
Minimum was 6 weeks strictly using the company alone, using state regulated services it bumped it up to roughly 15 weeks of maternity leave, most of which was 100% PAID FOR AND COVERED by the company! In fact, it is AGAINST THE LAW [state AND federal] to deny a new mother maternity leave in the United States, it falls under discrimination if you deny it, and can get you into a big heaping wad-o-trouble for it!
Heck, even an old friend of mine Went after her former employers because they tried denying her maternity leave and tried to fire her before taking it! And guess what? THE STATE BACKED HER UP! We are not a crazy slave nation, people… we ALLOW things like maternity leave, sick leave, military leave, hell even an a-lotted time off/leave for grieving a deceased loved one. None of them are illegal, it is illegal to DENY them. Also inhumane.
I also have a feeling some of the numbers for these other countries are exaggerated as well [*50* weeks? seriously?], probably to further warp a viewer’s perspective.
I seriously am considering declaring Tumblr the “Fox News” of the internet. Spews out sensationalist, attention grabbing cannon-fodder while simultaneously blatantly ignoring or even deliberately omitting facts.
I don’t normally get involved in these stupid political/social “posts”, but this one really bugged me a lot. primarily because I have seen with my own eyes the exact OPPOSITE of what this nonsense is vomiting out all over the place.
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