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CNN Article of July 27
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/27/nur....ap/index.html The stance of this article kind of annoys me, because it structures the discussion as being between "Well, I try not to show too much boob" and "Ew, gross." Does anyone else have a take on it? |
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CNN Article of July 27
I thought it was a goregeous picture, we've recently been trying to take
some like that ourselves, we regret not having pictures of DS breastfeeding, so we've been making up for it with DD. I thought the article was fairly balanced actually, there wasn't what you sometimes get of every statement about it should be allowed being about it having to be discreet, more pointing out that women who do it do try to be discreet. btw, I once had a discussion with my parents about what was discreet in terms of breastfeeding, we decided on not showing the other breast, unless you were feeding twins! Anne |
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CNN Article of July 27
Andrea Phillips writes:
: Here's the link: : http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/27/nur....ap/index.html : The stance of this article kind of annoys me, because it structures the : discussion as being between "Well, I try not to show too much boob" and : "Ew, gross." : Does anyone else have a take on it? I am totally appaled, not so much at the article, but at the common attitude toward breasts and nursing in American society that the picture engendered and that spawned the article in the first place! American have their moral priorities totally backward when only 43% approve of breastfeeding in public, and where there is such a potent backlash against something like this to try and reverse this dismal trend! Now, that is ew gross! Larry |
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CNN Article of July 27
Andrea Phillips wrote:
Here's the link: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/27/nur....ap/index.html The stance of this article kind of annoys me, because it structures the discussion as being between "Well, I try not to show too much boob" and "Ew, gross." Does anyone else have a take on it? My reply of choice, should I ever get such a comment, would be "Pervert". Especially the woman worried about her husband and son catching sight of a stray boob. What a low opinion we have of men, that the assumption is that seeing a new boob will apparently make them insane. (I wonder just how many women have a realistic idea of how many boobs the men in their lives have actually seen - what with porn and all.) ""Men are very visual," said Wheatley, of Amarillo, Texas. "When they see a woman's breast, they see a breast -- regardless of what it's being used for."" How does that supposed pro-breastfeeding mom expect attitudes to change, when she keeps supporting them? However, just the other night, we were in Chili's restaurant, and when I was approached by a server, instead of being critical, she gushed about how great it was that I was breastfeeding - that she had fed her girl until she was about 18 months old. I've gotten kinda lackadaisical about NIP - last night we were in a tiny ice cream shop, I went to lift my shirt, and my MIL asked me if I wanted the blanket. I said, "nah - I'm a rebel." It was halfway cute and halfway annoying that she chose to stand and hover right in front of me, like she was trying to be a human wall; especially since she talks about breastfeeding my husband and his sis all the time, and in fact she wetnursed a friend's baby when there was a need. -- Cheri Stryker mom to DS1 - 7 yrs, and DS2 - 5 months Check out my new breastfeeding T-shirts on CafePress! http://www.cafepress.com/dancingbones |
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