maternal profiling n. employment discrimination against a woman who has, or will have, children. Editorial Note: This term is being popularized by, and was perhaps coined by, members of MomsRising, a activist group promoting the rights of mothers in the workplace. A woman who is subject to maternal profiling is also often said to have bumped against the maternal wall. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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