Culture

Corporate "Compassion" About Women's Healthcare Is A Ruse To Keep Women Childless

By offering travel reimbursements for abortion and robust egg freezing benefits, corporations are making it clear that they prefer their female employees to be childless and resistant to starting a family.

By Gina Florio4 min read
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The boss babe is a popular trope that has been popularized through movies, TV shows, and even novels. Many women have grown up thinking that the ultimate success comes from climbing the corporate ladder and becoming one of the highest paid executives at a company. Most romantic comedies over the last 20 years feature high-powered women who are focused on their careers above all else, such as The Devil Wears Prada and every Hallmark-type Christmas movie featuring a big city career woman, and they often have to reconcile a dysfunctional personal life with a burgeoning professional career.