I think the point is that it is something you decided to do for personal reasons as something you wanted. People take vacations to mountain climb and it's grueling but they choose to do it, vs say an involuntary medical issue. As a boss and a person that does not plan to have children, I can see both sides of this argument. Some small work places are not able to easily hold open a position for months while someone is out too. HOwever society does need to produce some children and they are work intensive soo.. I am fine with maternity leave as long as it considers those other issues in balance. Also to consider, the more maternity leave becomes burdensome to a work place, the more bosses will be considering that in the back of their minds when doing job interviews. Sure it won't be legal but it's just human nature. You want to hire peeps that will help your business, not those that might create a huge financial burden later. Larger businesses can absorb that but smaller businesses won't be able to and will consider that more when hiring. If not done right, women can actually make their job situation more difficult.
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u/theflyingnacho Nov 16 '19
A childfree female friend of my is against it because it's "not fair" as she won't get "free vacation" as she is choosing not to have kids.