Posted by Wasteland Fan
A "friend" recently received the following e-mail from his/her boss (note that some details have been redacted to protect the innocent . . . and, perhaps, the clueless):
A small restroom on the fourth floor of [one of the] building[s] is
now designated as a lactation room. The lactation room is in the [redacted] wing of [that] building and is located between [one room] and the men's restroom. A sign immediately outside the lactation room reads "Women." No access code is needed to gain entry. [Your employer] provided this space as part of a [company] initiative to establish lactation rooms [at all locations].
Oh, those overly-coddled working moms! Not only do they get to horde all of that societally-imposed guilt, but they get actual rooms set aside for them to lounge in while they "lactate." This particular one is really special, because it has these nifty "chairs" that allow the user to relieve herself while she pumps. And, if that weren't enough, each "chair" has it's own privacy walls surrounding it! Notice, too, that the lactation room is cleverly disguised as a women's restroom, too. I presume this is so that the men and the non-lactating women don't get jealous. The detail of the disguise is really impressive. Having a sign reading "Women" installed at the entry? Genius!
Clearly this employer is poised to shoot to the top of Working Mother Magazine's Family Friendly Company list. Watch out Abbott!
Seriously, is this a joke? How is this different from the status quo? I thought a major point of initiatives to establish lactation rooms was to save lactating women from having to hide away in unsanitary bathrooms to pump.
To conclude, I refer you to the title of this post.
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