Nicki Defago, author of Childfree and Loving It writes a very interesting article on the growing rift between parents and the childfree in the workforce.

Welcome to the ugly front line of what is being dubbed the ‘Womb Wars’...What I discovered was a minefield of resentment, a growing backlash against a government obsessed with pushing family-friendly policies to the top of the political agenda. Politicians need to capture parental votes, but in practice these policies affect us all, regardless of whether we have children or not.

The original article was posted on the DailyMail Online, a british paper, and it’s well worth a read. She does on to talk about being childfree in the workplace, and the resentment among the childfree that they were being ignored for not having children. There were at least 60 comments that replied to the articlem the last time I checked, and some of them were far more passionite than others (albiet a little less logical):

D.S. from Northern Ireland-Oh come on! We are talking about human lives here, you cannot compare a child to a dog! If you feel dumped on for taking up the slack left in the wake of a colleague with children, then you are just a weak person…Grow up.

Alison, form London-What total nonsense! Why shouldn’t society and the work place be able accommodate the needs of parents and children? As the UNICEF report shows, the UK has a terrible attitude towards children. If the writer has chosen not to have children, fine, but as a result she hasn’t a clue what she’s talking about.

For the most part though, the comment-discussion was decent, and had some good thoughts on the nature of working, and the childfree attitudes society sometimes ignores.

Any thoughts?