CLODAGH FINN: If men had babies: some (pregnant) pause for thought

A beauty therapist dismissed for being pregnant received a paltry €5,179 in compensation this week. That is no deterrent, and one wonders if employers would be more accommodating if men gave birth, writes Clodagh Finn.

CLODAGH FINN: If men had babies: some (pregnant) pause for thought

WOULD our society be arranged differently if men had babies?

If they did, breastfeeding in parliament might be considered the norm, rather than an international news story, as it was a couple of months ago, when an Australian senator made history by becoming the first politician to speak in the senate chamber while breastfeeding.

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