“You’re Not a Mom, So You Don’t Get Mother’s Day Off” (Part I)

The struggle with achieving work-life balance for single women past childbearing age and some single men (video coming soon)

Disclaimer: The characters in this video are not intended to depict anyone in real life and they are not real persons. Any resemblance to real persons is purely coincidental.

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Text Transcript of Video

BOSS JANET:

You’re not a mom. You don’t get the day off.

ASSISTANT ALEXA:

So what? I have to work when no one else wants to just because I don’t have biological children?

NARRATOR:

This type of interaction happens in the workplace more often than you think. Single women who never had children of their own pick up the slack for women who have biological offspring.

ASSISTANT ALEXA:

Some of how I feel may be all in my head. Still, I feel there’s an assumption that if you’re past a certain age, and never had children, you don’t have anything better to do!