In the US, for example, in addition to what others have said, women are only guaranteed 6 weeks of unpaid leave after giving birth. Many women can’t afford to even take that 6 weeks off to physically recover, and lower income working mothers who want to provide breast milk often take on a huge additional burden by pumping because they are forced to return to work before it is reasonable for them to do so.
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u/favorable_vampire 1d ago
In the US, for example, in addition to what others have said, women are only guaranteed 6 weeks of unpaid leave after giving birth. Many women can’t afford to even take that 6 weeks off to physically recover, and lower income working mothers who want to provide breast milk often take on a huge additional burden by pumping because they are forced to return to work before it is reasonable for them to do so.