Kasie Hunt Addresses Being Fat Shamed and Struggles of a Working Mother

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HUNT: "This is my fist Sunday back with all of you after four months of spending Sunday nights with my newborn son. It has been an incredibly important time for our family and Mars is amazing. I really wanted this little family that we have now so much. But I’m not going to lie. I was really scared going into it about my future at work and whether it was possible to figure out how to balance it all. Even before I got pregnant, I knew there would be plenty of nasty comments. This one on Twitter. So who called meso fat was just let me tell you not the worst of it. And frankly, the statistics for women in the workplace after they have kids are discouraging. One recent study shows that women see a 30% drop in their earnings after they have their first bay I by. 30%. But for men, it’s the opposite. The same study showed they make 20% more than men who don’t have kids. It’s pretty demoralizing and frankly, I’m one of the most privileged. I have a mentor who is also a working mom in Mika."