Women working for Facebook and Apple are being offered an additional perk: they can have their eggs frozen. Facebook has been offering the service for its employees in the US since the start of this year. Apple will follow suit from January 2015.

The policy is designed to attract and keep top female talent, by helping them avoid having to choose between motherhood and professional progression.

Both companies are offering up to $20,000 (£12,500) for US employees covered by their insurance plans, to finance the procedure to extract the eggs and for their storage.

However critics of this policy suggest that the companies should instead focus on offering more flexibility and support for new parents. Also some feminists are not completely convinced about the move.

"There's a danger that with this sort of policy companies give a signal - or even promote the idea - that a women needs to postpone having children in order to succeed in the workplace," says Daisy Sands, head of policy at the Fawcett Society, a group that campaigns for equality for women.

coogar:
welcome to the 21st century.
as usual, the capitalist slaves would jump at this singing kumbaya.

TV01:


Leave them. The quality of a womans eggs can start to deteriorate as early as 26 and early menopause can happen from 32. It's the older 35+ ones who will be taking this offer up - erroneously thinking this a good thing & that it extends their "marriageable shelf lives".

In the end, it won't make them more attractive to men - the key to that has, and always will be youth and beauty. Thinking about it, they'd be best served freezing their faces !


TV

TV01:


Leave them. The quality of a womans eggs can start to deteriorate as early as 26 and early menopause can happen from 32. It's the older 35+ ones who will be taking this offer up - erroneously thinking this a good thing & that it extends their "marriageable shelf lives".

In the end, it won't make them more attractive to men - the key to that has, and always will be youth and beauty. Thinking about it, they'd be best served freezing their faces !


TV

TV01:


Leave them. The quality of a womans eggs can start to deteriorate as early as 26 and early menopause can happen from 32. It's the older 35+ ones who will be taking this offer up - erroneously thinking this a good thing & that it extends their "marriageable shelf lives".

In the end, it won't make them more attractive to men - the key to that has, and always will be youth and beauty. Thinking about it, they'd be best served freezing their faces !


TV

moca:
Why are guys always hyperventilating anytime a topic to better d life of women are raised?

Why d fear?

Some hv started talking down on d ladies who will take advantage of d package already.
Again why d fear?

I remembered when d famous KK said she want to freeze her egg so whats d big deal. Its their life,their choice,their world. U guys r in ur world,let them be biko!
Lots of female celebs froze their eggs. Science has made a lot of things easy for mankind.

If at d end d female workers found out d dis outways d ad, they can protest or lobby. At least its done in a civilized nation not african jungle where u leave ur work, ur papa name, ur everything to become a sit at home mom whose daily bread solely depends on d husband.

Haba!

Infact, ive been reading so many whinning threads from guys lately, so i ask again, why r u guys shifting on ur seats?

Family section is no longer fun.
People whining here and there.

MizMyColi:
Okay, I don't know much about gender equality and honestly, I could care less.

carefreewannabe:


It is not easy for some men to survive in the civilized world.
They are strong as long as women are weak.

The time women become strong, their weakness is fully displayed.

bukatyne:


LOL!

Today is my day biko

carefreewannabe:


I know
I have already sang a song, made a cupcake and lighted a candle and prayed for your wish and dreams to come true.

And your dress in the picture was beautiful.
You are in good shape.

I hope you got some nice presents.

bukatyne:


I saw them and appreciated

I don't want my hubby to leave me for size zero

Yea, from hubby and team.

Got a dressing mirror from hubby

carefreewannabe:


I am sure he wouldn't leave you for a size zero.
My baby doesn't like size zero at all.

Mirror mirror on the wall who is the prettiest of all?

Ilekere:


A failed attempt to sound "cool".


If you don't care, at least give credit to the females that fought for your right to "not care".

Excuse me, what are you saying now

How does admitting my ignorance and asserting my unwillingness to learn about Gender Equality imply attempting to sound cool

Owh, if you care to know, I applaud and actually commit my resources when I can to those women and men who fight and speak for Mutual Respect among people of all genders, race, orientation, belief and unbelief.

If what they do remotely implies gender equality, then so be it.

I stand to be corrected but:
Gender Equality
Seriously!?

Hmm
(Sigh)

Well, I'd rather keep mute.


Quote me again if you wish, just don't consider my ignoring you or the other extreme as being discourteous.

Good Evening

carefreewannabe:


It is not easy for some men to survive in the civilized world.
They are strong as long as women are weak.

The time women become strong, their weakness is fully displayed.

pickabeau1:
moca

im not sure you understood the OP

He is saying rather than companies freezing eggs for female employees, they should make it easier for women to combine work and family together.

or are you reacting to something else ..

damiso:
Moca I don't think there is anything wrong with freezing your eggs (if you want to).But I do feel like the women advocacy group have stated that by making it a company policy or 'perk' it's passing a subliminal message that you can't have a career and children at the same time.I think having a work life balance e,g onsite crèches, flexible working job sharing options etc is a better way to make life easier for women of childbearing age who maybe might not want to delay childbearing till later.

Why not just increase your medical insurance coverage in totality and then if you like freeze your eggs, get a bossom job,get a vasectomy whatever.But to put it out there that your medical insurance now covers freezing your eggs is passing a subliminal message that I am not too comfortable with.Deciding to have children or putting it off till later should be a personal decision.Without even making it a company policy or perk some women who are very career driven might delay childbirth or decide not to even have children at all as they might feel they would be unable to deal with it all at the same time.

moca:


Nne, i get u gan gan

moca:

Ok, maybe i didnt digest it well but my anger was how u guys jumped to condemn d act.
Here used to be fun. Lots of people have left bc of this my group their group thing i see here.

Everybody used to hv one voice,even if u r against a post u state it and not attacking d poster.

Sincerely speaking, its no longer fun here. Even people hardly bring up issues here cos of attack.

We need to change. Nobody(except few) knew anybody here and so why cant all be friends and argue constructively most times?

I thought we are all adults.

But i hear u o