Spanish women who have a child are entitled to a breastfeeding permit, regardless of whether or not they breastfeed, to be able to meet their child's needs and feed him personally until he turns 9 months. But the lactation permit has been considered discriminatory by the European Union, taking care that it does not apply because of natural breastfeeding, but because of the care of the child and clearly favors women. I had promised to address this issue when we talked a few days ago about women's difficulties in pumping milk in the workplace.
The measure of the breastfeeding permit, which logically is for all mothers, is initially intended to help women to continue breastfeeding their children after joining work.
It is a way to support breastfeeding and ensure that children receive the best possible food if their mothers breastfeed them and that they can, if they do not take a tit, be equally fed by their mother, because when they do not breastfeed, contact is equally essential. Between both. It is a measure designed not to favor women, but to protect the rights of the child.
However, the EU does not understand it that way and, given the problem as a whole, in part, despite thinking that there are many more measures to help breastfeeding, I think it is right.
They consider that breastfeeding leave is not given in relation to the fact of breastfeeding, as women who do not breastfeed equally enjoy it, and therefore it is a worker's right, not necessarily linked to breastfeeding. They point out that there is discrimination, since men can only ask for it if the woman is also a worker, generally understanding that it applies if she is employed.
The idea of labor measures help women to be able to breastfeed and work is excellent, but the permit is clearly insufficient and will only guarantee that breastfeeding up to six months is not hindered by the incorporation into work on the day the maternity leave is At least that duration. The rest are patches that are clearly not effective enough to improve breastfeeding rates for working mothers.
On the other hand, although it seems excellent that the father also has a reduction in his day to take care of the child, there is a fact that these egalitarian measures ignore, babies need first and foremost to be with their mother. And that, nothing can change it because it is a natural biological fact.
I would not know if the "lactation permit" is discriminatory or not. Thinking about the baby, he certainly discriminates against it, because it is insufficient for him to enjoy what no law should take away from his mother's breast the time he needs it. Babies do not think about discrimination.
