> >I didn't know that the word professional meant "without baby".
> >Warmly, Nikki Lee
>
> Ha! In some places, the word professional means "without breasts."
Kathy D.


 I did find that colleagues who considered women "professional" before baby
joined me in the office and on the road, did not consider the new
arrangement unprofessional.  Some thought it rather innovative and
resourceful of both my boss and me and other employees who all bent to make
it work for us. Those who had preconceived notions of what my office, not my
work, might look like, and those who subscribed to, "the word professional
means 'without breasts'" as KD wrote, had difficulties with the concept.
(Too bad for them!) Unfortunately, I found that more women than men felt it
an "unprofessional" practice or felt threatened by it. Only two men had a
problem with it, one of which claimed that it lowered the standard and
credibility of his parallel position. (gag!)

Thank you, Kathleen Bellis' for that post on your sil's workplace trying to
make it work. Perhaps to move these concepts into other
industries...specialized (esp. lactaion)training for industrial engineers?
These examples, however, really do make a difference; it's easier to follow
a model and adapt it to specific needs than to create a new working model.

Lorri Centineo

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