The Pros And Cons Of Maternity Leave

Numerous times in my history class I have heard about women fighting for their rights, their right to be educated, their right to vote, and even more important the right to be equal with men. However, with all that protesting and marching, we’re still facing “women issues” in today’s world.
As we all know, majority of females are mothers and many are single mothers to beat that. Therefore, the thought of them not having paid maternity leave is quite disturbing to me. Why is the United States the only country in the world that doesn’t make paid maternity leave mandatory in the workplace? How are these females supposed to support their child, along with them if there not getting paid for the time they must take off? In many cases, that female may not have anyone to care for that child, so that she can go back to work. Things such as these may not be put into consideration by employers, but giving birth is a remarkable experience for females. Most importantly, maternity leaves gives a mother time to bond with her newly born child and it gives her time to recover or heal from the overwhelming birthing process. Therefore, the least companies can do is give paid maternity leave to females, while they’re missing work

However, why aren’t many women getting technology jobs? Why it is that STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) jobs are overpowered mostly by men? Again, women are as highly educated as men, so there is no reason why these jobs should be dominated by men. Also, many women are interested in these fields, so it would be a poor answer by saying that mostly men are interested in STEM jobs. For instance, I would love to have a job in the IT field. However, this entire situation seems unfair, because it seems as though society favor men more for these positions than women. If you ask me, I’ll say this is a prime example of