Angela Merkel Extended Breastfeeding Twins (Funny)

[EdnaMarie]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...490795,00.html

Now that's acceptance of extended breastfeeding in public. : Not a single mention of the breasts as something that should be covered. Hallelujiah. When will the US ever get to that point?

[frontierpsych]

lmao!

[mamaofthree]

ok that is a bit creepy.

h
nak

[Zwillingsmama]

I think it's funny

But lots of people are actually upset about it over here in Germany. It's been on the news all day.

[EdnaMarie]

But they are upset about the political implications, not the boobs, right, Zwillings? Because in the US, besides the fact that an embarrassing number of people don't know who any of those three people are, they would just freak out over the NIPPLE.

[hunnybumm]

I don't know who any of those people are or why they were on the cover (I started to read the article, but got board sorry lol). But I find the picture rather disturbing. Of course not because she is breastfeeding or because her breasts are exposed, but because in the picture she is nursing two adults. It's just disturbing to me. Thankfully it's just a cartoon and not a real picture, but still not something I would want to find laying around at the doctors office.

[sogriffin]

It kind of bugged me too, and not in a nipplephobia sort of way.

It just annoys me that the cover is exploiting a exclusively feminine characteristic to mock her. What I mean is that if the situation were reversed, you wouldn't ever see a picture of one of the Kaczynskis nursing Merkel would you?

Like this:

But it could have been worse, the editor-in-chief points out. At least they used a 21-year-old model

What is that supposed to mean?



I'm probably WAY overthinking this, lol

[Zwillingsmama]

Nobody is really offended by the bare breasts (women sunbathe topless in my city park all the time).
But they're offended about them photoshoping bare breasts on the chancellor.

[gcgirl]

This reminds me of America: The Book wherein they photoshopped naked bodies onto the U.S. Supreme Court Justices. I laughed my butt off.

What offends me is 1. Why is her broadly smiling face at odds with her lovely bare breasts? 2. Why do we need a 21-year-old model?

[nyxx]

Originally Posted by gcgirl

2. Why do we need a 21-year-old model?

do you think the german chancellor agrees to pose nude for a polish news mag?

[hunnybumm]

Ok, well now I understand a little more. The picture still bothers me. But I guess I can see the humor. I would rather have seen her completely bear breasted with no old men hanging off her nipples, but I guess that would totally be irrelevent, huh?

[nyxx]

Originally Posted by hunnybumm

But I find the picture rather disturbing. Of course not because she is breastfeeding or because her breasts are exposed, but because in the picture she is nursing two adults. It's just disturbing to me.

but that's exactly the message of this picture: they are adults and don't want to be treated like children anymore. this is what the editor wants to communicate with this cover.

"The cover's message," Stanislaw Janecki, editor-in-chief of Wprost, told SPIEGEL ONLINE, "is that Germany, especially Ms. Merkel, was trying to treat Poles and the Polish leaders as small children completely unable to act on their own and somehow dependent on Germany...."

[wannabe]

As nyxx said - how do you imply that she's mothering them in one image? You photoshop up a pic of her BFing them.

I hate tabloids, but I see the political point they're trying to make.

[nyxx]

Originally Posted by sogriffin

It just annoys me that the cover is exploiting a exclusively feminine characteristic to mock her. What I mean is that if the situation were reversed, you wouldn't ever see a picture of one of the Kaczynskis nursing Merkel would you?

but you could also reinterpret the picture (like i did in my blog today):

the title of it is "europe's stepmother", and you see a woman nursing twins. if she is not their biological mother she has to relactate. this means nursing for her - as a stepmother of two - is much more exhausting and laborious than nursing own children. this is a great gift. so you could also see this cover as a compliment.
angela merkel cares for "her stepchild poland" and she does the best she can. the twins are well-fed (look at the double chin), one of them shows the victory-sign with his hand, this means that he is content with the situation and that his stepmother is able to nourish them (bad latch on, but good supply).

so the children are happy, the woman is smiling (okay, smirking), everything is great, no mocking at all... a picture that shows the pleasures of adoptive nursing.

i know i'm very ignorant and based on "facts". :

[EdnaMarie]

Nyxx- rotflmao. :

If the Polish president hadn't appointed his IDENTICAL FREAKING TWIN as Prime Minister, they never could have run that cover. They were asking for it, if you ask me.

"It just annoys me that the cover is exploiting a exclusively feminine characteristic to mock her. What I mean is that if the situation were reversed, you wouldn't ever see a picture of one of the Kaczynskis nursing Merkel would you?"

I don't want to know what they would have done if the situation were reversed. It's making me gag just thinking about it. I like that she is in the mommy role. Everyone knows that she is very powerful. She's president of the EU, for crying out loud. I think they aren't as threatened by women as both mothers and powerful people, which is great. Like Nancy Pelosi mentioning her mothering experience when talking about her ability to be Majority Leader. Damn right.

[hunnybumm]

Originally Posted by nyxx

but that's exactly the message of this picture: they are adults and don't want to be treated like children anymore. this is what the editor wants to communicate with this cover.

"The cover's message," Stanislaw Janecki, editor-in-chief of Wprost, told SPIEGEL ONLINE, "is that Germany, especially Ms. Merkel, was trying to treat Poles and the Polish leaders as small children completely unable to act on their own and somehow dependent on Germany...."

I see the point they are making, and making it well. But I still hate the picture. lol

[gcgirl]

Originally Posted by nyxx

do you think the german chancellor agrees to pose nude for a polish news mag?

The point being, why 21-years-old and not, say, fifty?

[nyxx]

Originally Posted by gcgirl

The point being, why 21-years-old and not, say, fifty?

because they want to sell the magazine. sex sells, and people like to see pictures of young, beautiful, sexy girls, and not the sagging breasts of a 50 years old.

they manipulate the photos of the young models, too, at almost every magazine cover. photoshop is a powerful weapon, and people have to look perfect on the title page. there's no precise border anymore between a normal photo (showing reality) and a photo montage.
so why should they take an older model?

[Janice in Canada]

Re; the 21-year-old breasts instead of 50-year-old breasts.

I think it is somewhat offensive that they kind of implied that they were doing the Chancellor a "favour" by giving her the 20-year-old breasts, instead of using a model similar to her age. Obviously she wouldn't want people to think she has 50-year-old breasts.

I think that is almost the most offensive part of the whole things - the
"ageism" that is exhibited. And I suppose this is also sexist, in that women are always expected to look younger, while men aren't.

I'm over 40 years old - so I suppose I am getting sensitive to age slurs! I'd have no problem showing *my* breasts - but I wouldn't want my belly to show!!!

LOL

Janice

[nyxx]

Originally Posted by Janice in Canada

Re; the 21-year-old breasts instead of 50-year-old breasts.

I think it is somewhat offensive that they kind of implied that they were doing the Chancellor a "favour" by giving her the 20-year-old breasts, instead of using a model similar to her age. Obviously she wouldn't want people to think she has 50-year-old breasts.

i don't think that they wanted to do her a favour. they just want to sell more magazines by showing sexy boobs at the cover.

I think that is almost the most offensive part of the whole things - the "ageism" that is exhibited. And I suppose this is also sexist, in that women are always expected to look younger, while men aren't.

yes, you are right.
but this ageism is only part of the problem. it's not only the age, it's also the appearance/look of a woman in general. for example: the german media talked soooo much about merkels hairstyle... they never would pay this much attention to her hair if she were a man.
if you are a man it's only important what you do, but if you are a woman you have to be good and look good. :