Six reasons why women should fake a pregnancy | Naomi McAuliffe

A panda in China has duped its keepers into giving it more food by appearing to be pregnant. You too can reap the benefits of a faked foetus

There we were thinking pandas were stupid, that they were an evolutionary dead-end that could not even reproduce without the help of the Chinese state. But it seems we have underestimated them. A giant panda by the name of Ai Hin fooled her keepers into thinking she was pregnant to get more food. Perhaps humans have something to learn from Ai Hin that if more women faked a pregnancy we too could reap the benefits. If pregnancy and childcare are going to continue to hamper womens career progression, earning potential and ultimate equality, perhaps we need to play it more to our advantage. Its a high-risk, short-term strategy, but here are some of the benefits you might receive before people start realising there is no bun in your oven.

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