Recent news about the Georgia town of Forest Park that outlawed toddler breastfeeding in public and the disdainful looks I received just yesterday while breastfeeding my two-year-old nursling have me thinking about the sad and perplexing phenomenon of breastfeeding discrimination. Here are some of the things I've written about the subject.
Breastfeeding is a family-friendly activity, but taboo for some
As we all know, breastfeeding is the biologically natural method that mammals employ to feed their young. Nonetheless, with the advent and acceptance of artificial infant formula, some cultures have created a taboo against breastfeeding.Breastfeeding may be old-fashioned...
What's so threatening about breastfeeding?
I breastfed my three children past babyhood. What does that mean? Does it mean that I'm a "militant hippie"? Yesterday, Chuck called Lee Hogan Knott of the Head Start incident:"...a perfect example of a...
Who hates breastfeeding more, men or women?
5 Reasons Men Hate Breastfeeding (And Of Course Sex Is Involved) posted by CafeMom blogger Michele Zipp. My first thought, shared by several commenters, was that in my experience, it's most often women who dis breastfeeding...
Woman shames breastfeeding mothers for lack of morals
In a letter to the editor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Joan Erikson applauded a Safeway store for insisting that breastfeeding mothers cover up. She suggested that nursing mothers intend to expose themselves, which should be recognized as illegal...
Breastfeeding cover ups: Courtesy or discrimination?
According to Melissa Kent in her Sydney Morning Herald article, "Blessing or disguise?": "Mothers and breastfeeding experts are firmly divided over whether they [nursing covers] are a wonderful idea or a step back to the Dark Ages...
Immodest clothing for breastfeeding mothers
If you're an American breastfeeding mother, you may have wondered why it's not only okay, but encouraged, to show your womanly curves and cleavage......except when you're breastfeeding.This phenomenon may apply to women...
Tribal mother and baby photos deemed pornographic
I am deeply offended that a representative of Facebook has sexualized the tribal Himba women and babies in the artistic photographs of Melbourne-based photographer, Christopher Rimmer."I find it absolutely absurd that anybody would consider those pictures offensive...
No, World Bank, don't apologize for breastfeeding photos
A Daily Guide journalist complained after encountering photos of women in Ghana who were breastfeeding their babies. The Country Director of the World Bank, Ishac Diwan, explained that the journalist encountered the photos in a photo library on a website...
What people say about breastfeeding a six year old
The idea of breastfeeding a six year old doesn't surprise me, shock me, confuse, horrify, or outrage me as it apparently does for many people. I breastfed my children to 4 years, 3 years, and still going with...
Is breastfeeding a threat to right wing politics?
Left wing? Right wing? What does it all mean and what does it have to do with breastfeeding? I pose this question after a commenter accused me of omitting information about the Head Start incident to push my leftist agenda...
Breastfeeding, formula feeding, guilt and shame
In response to the IRS reversal on breastfeeding supplies, VDARE's Michelle Malkin criticized First Lady Michelle Obama's new breastfeeding initiative, which Malkin claims influenced the IRS decision. Malkin says:"Two of her [Obama's...
Breastfeeding: Smart babies, dumb mothers?
You may have heard about the recent scandalous stereotype brought to light by three psychological studies at Montana State University: Childless college students perceive women who breastfeed as less competant human beings than non-breastfeeding women.This seems like a...
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