issuevoter wrote on Jun 13
th, 2016 at 7:07am:
What we have here is an issue which demonstrates a widespread neurosis in the human race.
It is not so long ago that pregnant women were not supposed to be seen in public. they were expected to resign from the jobs once the bump started to show.
Unfortunately...you're right.
I "hid" my 1st pregnancy for as long as I could.
I wore certain types of clothes to work so that no one had an inkling until I was over the 4 month mark.
After that, everyone was focussed on my tummy bump. I was no longer seen as a line mgr. I was a mummy to be.
I'll never forget the day my manager who incidentally was the CEO of the organization, called me into his office to congratulate me.
He then outlined how my life ought to be run once the baby arrived.
Essentially, he hoped I would embrace a stay at home mummy role because my husband was a lawyer earning a lot of money, we had 2 homes, 2 cars and there was no real monetary need for me to work. Then he started on how ALL professional women should be stay-at-home mothers.
I thanked him politely.....then looked him right in the eye and demanded a redundancy. I got it.
He knew he'd crossed the line.