Breastfeeding: the challenge of the working mother who breastfeeds in a capitalist society

Abstract

The article discusses the challenges and confrontations imposed on the working woman, mother, who wants to breastfeed her baby in a Capitalist Society. The research method carried out was the bibliographic study of qualitative contribution, in the period of July and August 2020. The search for the material used to support the study was through the database of SciELO, Rev. Saúde Pública and in normative frameworks on the "Breastfeeding" theme published in Portuguese between 1997 and 2017. The results indicate that employers who respect the Laws that benefit working mothers, offer them an appropriate place for the custody of their babies and facilitate the breastfeeding of their children in the workplace, have employees who have fewer absences, show greater interest in developing their activities and have, as a result, a higher productivity index, as they do not have to worry about their sick babies.