Written by: Jane Helpern
Women! If you think they're bad, just wait until they deign to bring a tiny, helpless human into the world and then attempt to receive meager compensation from their employer for it. Whether it's a basic survival tactic like drinking water or a more complicated endeavor such as carrying on a career, they deserve to be exiled. Or worse. Here, a list of 54 things pregnant women and working moms are doing all wrong.
Taking maternity leave
Returning to work too quickly
Eating licorice
Staying home
Def working
Def staying home
Eating fish
Owning cats
Being stressed
Being young
Being old
Def being old
Def being young
Being single
Drinking coffee
Earning more than their husband
Using hairspray
Traveling to Mexico
Consuming a single drop of alcohol
Working overtime
Working 32 hrs a week or more
Wearing heels
Wearing Spanx
Drinking Diet Coke
Going to Subway
Being in a heatwave
Being Chrissy Teigen
Eating cereal
Eating organic
Having a night nurse
Exposure to secondhand smoke prior to conception
Wearing makeup
Not enough salad
Being Kim Kardashian
Having heartburn.
Jane Helpern is a freelance writer, copywriter, and founder of Jane Says Agency. She enjoys helping brands find their voice, writing about fashion and feminism, and walking-at-an-incline-with-wine™